{"product_id":"pregnancy-test-paperback-3","title":"Pregnancy Test - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Weingarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1970s, the invention of the home pregnancy test changed what it means to be pregnant. For the first time, women could use a technology in the privacy of their own homes that gave them a \u003ci\u003eyes\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eno\u003c\/i\u003e answer. That answer had the power to change the course of their reproductive lives, and it chipped away at a paternalistic culture that gave gynecologists-the majority of whom were men-control over information about women's bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, while science so often promises clear-cut answers, the reality of pregnancy is often much messier. \u003ci\u003ePregnancy Test\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the pregnancy test has not always lived up to the fantasy that more information equals more knowledge. Karen Weingarten examines the history and cultural representation of the pregnancy test to show how this object radically changed sex and pregnancy in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Weingarten \u003c\/b\u003eis an Associate Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. Her first book was \u003ci\u003eAbortion in the American Imagination: Before Life and Choice, 1880-1940\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe has co-edited special issues for \u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen's Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and has written about reproduction, abortion, and disability in \u003ci\u003eHypatia, Literature and Medicine, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCollege Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMedical Humanities, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other places\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She writes for \u003ci\u003eNursing Clio, \u003c\/i\u003ea peer-reviewed blog on the history of medicine and gender\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 6.53 x 4.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292265103609,"sku":"9781501376542","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/F_f4FUwBOB9781501376542_47db5c5e-dd73-4d6e-8f00-8f77dd8025f7.webp?v=1769170389","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pregnancy-test-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}