Ericka Johnson Boeken

The book delves into the concept of 'material-discursive entanglement,' illustrating how language shapes our reality while being influenced by the material world. It employs the metaphor of refraction to demonstrate the interplay between physical objects and technologies, revealing how they can distort and convey various discourses. Through this lens, it articulates the concerns and voices that emerge from this dynamic relationship, offering a nuanced understanding of communication and materiality.

"Unshrouding the prostate to reveal masculinity, sexuality, aging and disease"-- Provided by publisher

The book explores the distinction between technological advancement and effective teaching. It argues that while machines can enhance education, their mere presence does not guarantee improved learning outcomes. By examining various educational technologies, the author emphasizes the importance of thoughtful integration and pedagogical strategies to ensure that these tools genuinely benefit students and educators alike. The focus is on maximizing the potential of technology to foster meaningful learning experiences.

This book, by bringing together critical pharmaceutical studies and feminist technoscience studies, explores the way drugs produce sexed and/or gendered identities for those who take – or resist – them, and how feminist technoscience studies can contribute a theoretical lens with which to observe sex and gender in the pharmaceuticalization processes. Topics explored in this diverse collection include the use of hormones to delay puberty onset for trans children; HPV vaccination against cervical cancer in Sweden, the UK, Austria and Colombia; Alzheimer’s discourses; and the medication of prostate issues. Ericka Johnson has brought together an innovative and timely collection that demonstrates gender as relevant in studies of pharmaceuticals, and provides multiple examples of methodological and theoretical tools to consider gender while studying drugs.