Cleavage: Technology, Controversy, and the Ironies of the Man-Made Breast
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813527155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Cleavage is a fascinating, finely nuanced, and sophisticated account of the history and meaning of breast implant technology. It is a well-written, well0researched contribution to the story of the medicalization of everything about women." -- Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are. All surgeons, women considering breast implants, and public health professionals should read and ponder this remarkable book." -- Elizabeth Fee, National Library of Me
. Nora Jacobson is a medical sociologist who conducts research on how the social construction of health and illness affects the making of health policy. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin
A Customer said Cleavage. Fascinating analysis of the history of breast implant technology. Jacobson also constructs complex relationships between medical institutions, capitalism, government bureaucracy, and the individual patient. Worth reading if only for the information about the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery. At times, Jacobson's analysis is a bit superficial -- I often wished she would stray from the sociological and get into some theoretical discussions of what this story she's telling *means*.
Jacobson examines such topics as politics and bias in medical practice and the role of bureaucracies, corporations, and governments in establishing policy and regulating implant technology.. Nora Jacobson traces the hundred-year history of one such technology: breast implants.Organized both chronologically and thematically, this book examines the history of breast implant technology from 1895 to 1990, including the controversies that erupted in the early 1990s over the safety of the devices and the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of their use. They have held great social and ps