The global biopolitics of the IUD : how science constructs contraceptive users and women's bodies / Chikako Takeshita.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012], ©2012.

xvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index.

Turning the gaze on modern contraceptive research : an introduction -- "Birth control for a nation" : the IUD as technoscientific biopower -- From the "masses" to the "moms" : governing contraceptive risks -- "IUDs are not abortifacients" : the biopolitics of contraceptive mechanisms -- "Keep life simple" : body/technology relationships in racialized global contexts -- Diffracting the technoscientific body : a conclusion.