“I’ll Look into This on My Own”: Knowledge and Resistance in Narratives of Contraception among College-Educated American Women

dc.contributor.advisor	Silverman, Carol
dc.contributor.author	Tully, Hillary
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-06T21:58:06Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-06T21:58:06Z
dc.date.issued	2018-09-06
dc.description.abstract	For every method, there's a story - the IUD that almost killed her, the male birth control that almost happened, the weight gained and the moods changed. Whether a narrative of personal experience or one heard through the grapevine, stories about contraception illuminate critical issues in reproductive health today. Using ethnographic data deeply colored by ongoing partisan rhetoric around reproductive rights and the body, I discuss the dynamics of power at play in patient experience, the performance of social complaint and institutional critique, and vernacular conceptualizations of health and embodiment in the contraceptive regimen.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1794/23765
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Oregon
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved.
dc.subject	Birth Control	en_US
dc.subject	Contraception	en_US
dc.subject	Folklore	en_US
dc.subject	Folk Medicine	en_US
dc.subject	Narrative	en_US
dc.subject	Reproductive Health	en_US
dc.title	“I’ll Look into This on My Own”: Knowledge and Resistance in Narratives of Contraception among College-Educated American Women
dc.type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.discipline	Folklore Program
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Oregon
thesis.degree.level	masters
thesis.degree.name	M.A.

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