Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences
Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences: making biologies and identities
edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2008.
ISBN: 0415401372
DDC: 576.5
LCC: QH430
Edition: (hbk.)
Notes:
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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