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Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences making biologies and identities / [electronic resource] : edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - 1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) : ill.

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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.

ISBN: 9780203945940 (electronic bk.) 0203945948 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genetics.
Social sciences.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
Genetics, Medical.
Biotechnology.
Genetic Engineering.
Genome, Human.
Reproductive Medicine.
Social medicine.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QH430 / .B58 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 576.5

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2007 L-382 QZ 50 / G32826 2008