Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences : making biologies and identities / edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: ix, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415401371; 9780415401371 (hbk.); 0415401372 (hbk.); 9780415401388 (pbk.); 0415401380 (pbk.)Subject(s): Genetics | Social sciences | Biotechnology | Genetic engineeringDDC classification: 576.5 | 306.461 LOC classification: QH430 | .G457 2008Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource. Taylor & Francis (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com)| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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