Choices in surgical contraception: A view on the relationship between technique and person

  • Cynthia del Río Fortuna Programa Antropología y Salud, SEANSO, ICA, UBA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v30i1.852
Keywords: Body, Person, Technique, Female Surgical Contraception, Buenos Aires City

Abstract

Contraceptive practices can be anthropologically approached as technical activities taking place in people's everyday life. To study their choice we must consider the wider social and symbolic context, involving "non-technical" aspects. Based on an ethnographic study carried out in an obstetrician public service in Buenos Aires, this article addresses the relationship between technique and person-building in the case of female surgical contraception from the perspective of health professionals. We examine the practices and representations by which these professionals regulate the access to that practice, which allows  us to identify ways of biomedic definition and intervention of female bodies.

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Author Biography

Cynthia del Río Fortuna, Programa Antropología y Salud, SEANSO, ICA, UBA
Licenciada en Ciencias Antropológicas, UBA; Magister en Ciencias Sociales y Doctoranda de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA. Investigadora del Programa Antropología y Salud, SEANSO, ICA/Becaria CONICET. 
RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre vol. 30(1)
Published
2009-07-30
How to Cite
del Río Fortuna, C. (2009). Choices in surgical contraception: A view on the relationship between technique and person. RUNA, Archivo Para Las Ciencias Del Hombre, 30(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v30i1.852
Issue
Vol 30 No 1 (2009)
Section
Open Space - Original Articles

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