Medical Entanglements uses intersectional feminist, queer, and crip theory to move beyond “for or against” approaches to medicine. Drawing on case studies, the book argues that most medical interventions will simultaneously reinforce inequality and alleviate individual suffering. Thus, the book argues that feminists should allow individuals choice in regards to medical intervention, while working to dismantle systems of oppression.
 

KRISTINA GUPTA  is an assistant professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is co-editor of Queer Feminist Science Studies.
 

1. Introduction: No Safe Ground
 
2. Feminist Critiques of Medicine (and Some Responses)
 
3. Theorizing from Transition-Related Care: Analytical Tools for Complexity
 
4. Sexuopharmaceuticals: Queering Medicalization
 
5. Constructing Fat, Constructing Fat Stigma: Rethinking Weight-Reduction Interventions
 
6. Conclusion: Medicine Without Eugenics?
 
Acknowledgements
Notes
 
Bibliography
 
Index