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- Describes the little-known history of the machines of human sex research in the postwar era
- Shows how researchers worldwide invented and used machines to study human sexuality and the body in new ways, and how they used and improved each other's designs
- Relates the relationship between the machines of sex research to Cold War sexualities and gender and sexual liberation movements
- Narrates how the machines of sex research led to new ways of thinking about human bodies as sexual yet nonreproductive sites of pleasure
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology (BRIEFSHIST)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
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Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Donna J. Drucker
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Machines of Sex Research
Book Subtitle: Technology and the Politics of Identity, 1945-1985
Authors: Donna J. Drucker
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7064-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7063-8Published: 14 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7064-5Published: 04 July 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-4564
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4572
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 97
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Science, Sexual Behavior, Machinery and Machine Elements