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. 
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203945940 (electronic bk.) 0203945948 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Genetics<br/>Social sciences<br/>Biotechnology<br/>Genetic engineering