Risky Bodies & Techno-Intimacy: Reflections on Sexuality, Media, Science, Finance

by Geeta Patel

Book Overview

Risky Bodies and Techno-Intimacy traverses disparate and uncommon routes to explore how people grapple with the radical uncertainties of their lives. In this edgy, evocative journey through myriad interleaved engagements--including the political economies of cinema; the emergent shapes taken by insurance, debt, and mortgages; gender and sexuality; and domesticity and nationalism--Geeta Patel demonstrates how science and technology ground...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295742496
• ISBN13: 9780295742496
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher