Catherine Mas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1469464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Mas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Mas |
| SIGNATURE | MAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2164-5185 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Borders of Care
The Plantation and the Primate Laboratory
"Falling-Out" in Miami and the History of Culture in American Medicine
Turning to the case of "falling-out" in Miami, this paper locates a historical context for the incorporation of culture into medical practice. In the 1970s, after playing a leading role in the organization of medical anthropology, Hazel Weidman uncovered a condition that Miami residents called "falling-out." It was characterized by sudden collapse in situations of stress, followed by a state of semiconsciousness-and it seemed to affect only indiv…
Contraception
Reviewed by: Contraception: A Concise History by Donna J. Drucker Catherine Mas (bio) Contraception: A Concise History By Donna J. Drucker. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020. Pp. 264. Intrauterine devices made from fishing wire at “contraceptive parties” in 1970s Cuba. Robot-only brothels in twenty-first-century metropolises of Canada and Germany. Herbal teas prepared with pennyroyal in the slavery-era Caribbean to bring on menstruation. These are s…
She Wears the Pants
This article examines the American dress-reform movement, detailing the ways in which reformers conceptualized clothing as a social and bodily technology. In the mid-nineteenth century, women began making and wearing the "reform dress"-a costume consisting of pants and shortened, lightweight skirts-as an alternative to burdensome feminine fashions. When ridiculed in public for wearing overtly masculine garments, dress reformers insisted their clo…
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She Wears the Pants
This article examines the American dress-reform movement, detailing the ways in which reformers conceptualized clothing as a social and bodily technology. In the mid-nineteenth century, women began making and wearing the "reform dress"-a costume consisting of pants and shortened, lightweight skirts-as an alternative to burdensome feminine fashions. When ridiculed in public for wearing overtly masculine garments, dress reformers insisted their clo…
Contraception
Reviewed by: Contraception: A Concise History by Donna J. Drucker Catherine Mas (bio) Contraception: A Concise History By Donna J. Drucker. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020. Pp. 264. Intrauterine devices made from fishing wire at “contraceptive parties” in 1970s Cuba. Robot-only brothels in twenty-first-century metropolises of Canada and Germany. Herbal teas prepared with pennyroyal in the slavery-era Caribbean to bring on menstruation. These are s…
"Falling-Out" in Miami and the History of Culture in American Medicine
Turning to the case of "falling-out" in Miami, this paper locates a historical context for the incorporation of culture into medical practice. In the 1970s, after playing a leading role in the organization of medical anthropology, Hazel Weidman uncovered a condition that Miami residents called "falling-out." It was characterized by sudden collapse in situations of stress, followed by a state of semiconsciousness-and it seemed to affect only indiv…
Borders of Care
The Plantation and the Primate Laboratory
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African descent (1 works) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (1 works) · Art (1 works)