Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences [ making biologies and identities

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gibbon, Sahra (Author), Novas, Carlos (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, England ; New York : Routledge , 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences
  • 2. Charity, breast cancer activism and the iconic figure of the BRCA carrier
  • 3. Brains, pedigrees, and promises : lessons from the politics of autism genetics
  • 4. Biosociality and susceptibility genes : a cautionary tale
  • 5. Biology, sociality and reproductive modernity in Ecuadorian in-vitro fertilization : the particulars of place
  • 6. Biosociality and biocrossings : encounters with assisted conception and embryonic stem cells in India
  • 7. Synecdochic ricochets : biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic
  • 8. Patients, profits and values : myozyme as an exemplar of biosociality
  • 9. Biocapital as an emergent form of life : speculations on the figure of the experimental subject