Reviews for Replaceable You: Engineering the Body in Postwar America

The average rating for Replaceable You: Engineering the Body in Postwar America based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-26 00:00:00 Christopher Beresford Excellent window into thinking of body-as-culture, or using bodies and bodily practices as material for studying historic eras. Serlin adroitly connects five case studies in postwar body-reconfiguring technologies with emerging national identities and politics. Great text or chapters for medical history, technology studies, American studies. Chapters on Gladys Bentley and Christine Jorgenson particularly provocative for LGBTQ studies -- esp. Serlin's thoughtful treatment of Bentley's apparent hormone-fueled 'conversion' to heterosexuality.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-08 00:00:00 Allison Claffey I enjoyed this assigned reading more as it progressed. Skip the introduction if you want, its probably the worst part of the book (classmates agreed). The Gladys Bentley & Christine Jorgensen chapters are very well done, as well as being smoothly written.