Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences :
Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences : making biologies and identities /
edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- ix, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences / Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas -- Charity, breast cancer activism and the iconic figure of the BRCA carrier / Sahra Gibbon -- Brains, pedigrees, and promises : lessons from the politics of autism genetics / Chloe Silverman -- Biosociality and susceptibility genes : a cautionary tale / Margaret Lock -- Biology, sociality and reproductive modernity in Ecuadorian in-vitro fertilization : the particulars of place / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts -- Biosociality and biocrossings : encounters with assisted conception and embryonic stem cells in India / Aditya Bharadwaj -- Synecdochic ricochets : biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic / Michal Nahman -- Patients, profits and values : myozyme as an exemplar of biosociality / Carlos Novas -- Biocapital as an emergent form of life : speculations on the figure of the experimental subject / Kaushik Sunder Rajan -- Afterword : concept work / Paul Rabinow.
9780415401371 9780415401371 (hbk.) 0415401372 (hbk.) 9780415401388 (pbk.) 0415401380 (pbk.)
2007001043
Genetics.
Social sciences.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
QH430 / .G457 2008
576.5 306.461
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences / Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas -- Charity, breast cancer activism and the iconic figure of the BRCA carrier / Sahra Gibbon -- Brains, pedigrees, and promises : lessons from the politics of autism genetics / Chloe Silverman -- Biosociality and susceptibility genes : a cautionary tale / Margaret Lock -- Biology, sociality and reproductive modernity in Ecuadorian in-vitro fertilization : the particulars of place / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts -- Biosociality and biocrossings : encounters with assisted conception and embryonic stem cells in India / Aditya Bharadwaj -- Synecdochic ricochets : biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic / Michal Nahman -- Patients, profits and values : myozyme as an exemplar of biosociality / Carlos Novas -- Biocapital as an emergent form of life : speculations on the figure of the experimental subject / Kaushik Sunder Rajan -- Afterword : concept work / Paul Rabinow.
9780415401371 9780415401371 (hbk.) 0415401372 (hbk.) 9780415401388 (pbk.) 0415401380 (pbk.)
2007001043
Genetics.
Social sciences.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
QH430 / .G457 2008
576.5 306.461