Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV

The Promise of Vaginal Microbicides

Annette-Carina van der Zaag

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English

Rowman & Littlefield International
04 March 2019

Philosophy; History of ideas; Feminism & feminist theory; Sociology; HIV & AIDS

Series: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics

Contemporary feminist theory has moved into posthuman terrains as feminist theorists utilise human/nonhuman relations and a motley crew of nonhuman entities to reinvigorate feminist critique of nature/culture dichotomies. But what place is left for sex/gender relations in this move beyond the human?

Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV is written on the cusp of feminist theory of materiality and the analysis of an object at the heart of various sex/gender manifestations – the vaginal microbicide. Vaginal microbicides are female-initiated HIV prevention methods (currently tested in clinical trials) designed as creams, rings, gels and sponges that women can insert vaginally before having sex to protect themselves against HIV infection. The microbicide is developed as a tool for women’s empowerment in the HIV epidemic, but what happens to feminist ideals when they materialise through biomedical practice? This book provides an analysis of the field of microbicide development to articulate the complexity of its promise and material effects; and utilises the microbicide as an analytical ally in a provocative debate with contemporary feminist theory.

By: Annette-Carina van der Zaag
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9781783488421
ISBN 10: 1783488425
Series: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 04 March 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annette-Carina van der Zaag is a lecturer in sexuality and social theory in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.

Reviews for Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV: The Promise of Vaginal Microbicides

What can vaginal microbicides tell us? This compelling book engages the political, empirical and theoretical stakes of HIV science and prevention in its lived material reality. Crafting an innovative feminist neomaterialist toolkit, van der Zaag proposes an exciting agenda for feminist theorisations of empirical materialising in the world. This ground-breaking book demonstrates the transformative potential of analysis to revise, rewrite and reimagine feminist problems, concepts and futures. -- Nicole Vitellone, AF Warr Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool This book is an important scholarly contribution to feminist materialism and the politics of health. -- Claire Colebrook, Edwin Erle Sparkes Professor of English, Penn State University