A Genealogy of Puberty Science explores the modern invention of
puberty as a scientific object. Drawing on Foucault's genealogical
analytic, Pinto and Macleod trace the birth of puberty science in
the early 1800s and follow its expansion and shifting discursive
frameworks over the course of two centuries. Offering a critical
inquiry into the epistemological and political roots of our present
pubertal complex, this book breaks the almost complete silence
concerning puberty in critical theories and research about
childhood and adolescence. Most strikingly, the book highlights the
failure of ongoing medical debates on early puberty to address
young people's sexual and reproductive embodiment and citizenships.
A Genealogy of Puberty Science will be of great interest to
academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of
child and adolescent health research, critical psychology,
developmental psychology, health psychology, feminist and gender
studies, medical history, science and technology studies, and
sexualities and reproduction studies.
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