The machines of sex research [electronic resource] : technology and the politics of identity, 1945-1985 / Donna J. Drucker.
Drucker, Donna J.
2014
HQ60 .D78 2014eb
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Title The machines of sex research [electronic resource] : technology and the politics of identity, 1945-1985 / Donna J. Drucker.
Author Drucker, Donna J.
ISBN 9789400770645 electronic book
9400770642 electronic book
9789400770638
Publication Details Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number HQ60 .D78 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 613.90724
Summary The Machines of Sex Research describes how researchers worldwide integrated technology into studies of human sexuality in the postwar era. The machines they invented made new ways of seeing bodies possible. Some researchers who studied men used machines like penile strain gauges to police ""deviant"" male sexuality; others used less painful devices like penis-cameras to study women's sexual responses and map the physiology of their arousal and orgasm. While researchers used the findings from their technological innovations to propose their own views of how people should view their bodies and s
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 17, 2013).
Series SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology.
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Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 The Machines of Sex Research; Abstract; Chapter Overview; Theoretical Background; Historical Background; References; 2 The Penile Strain Gauge and Aversion Therapy: Measuring and Fixing the Sexual Body; Abstract; Historical Background; The Sex Research Laboratory; Aversion Therapy; Resistance; Conclusion; 3 The Couples Laboratory and the Penis-Camera: Seeking the Source of Orgasm; Abstract; The Visible Body in the Laboratory; What the Machines Discovered about the Sexual Body; Criticizing the Mechanization of Sexuality; Conclusion; References

4 The Vaginal Photoplethysmograph and Devices for Women: Gauging Female ArousalAbstract; Measure for Measure: Inventing Machines for Female Sexual Response; The Vaginal Photoplethysmograph, the Labial Clip, and the Thermograph; Conclusion; References; 5 Conclusion: The Future of Human Sex Research Technologies; Abstract; References

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