{"product_id":"public-privates-9780822319214","title":"Public Privates","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quintessential examination of women, gynaecology is not simply the study of women's bodies, but also serves to define them. This book considers the public exposure of female 'privates' in the performance of the pelvic examination. It focuses on the ways in which women and their bodies have been treated by the medical establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Health educator, performer, and scholar Terri Kapsalis gives us a series of brilliantly performed readings of gynecology’s complex private and public lives in medical texts, history books, clinics, popular film, and performance art. More than just cultural critique, \u003ci\u003ePublic Privates\u003c\/i\u003e is a feminist guide to locating our own agency as active performers in the multilayered practices and discourses devoted to women’s sexual and reproductive health.”—Lisa Cartwright, author of \u003ci\u003eScreening the Body\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406019207511,"sku":"9780822319214","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-privates-9780822319214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}