Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences [ making biologies and identities
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London, England ; New York :
Routledge ,
2008
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| Online Access: | MyiLibrary NetLibrary |
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