making biologies and identities Gibbon, Sahra Novas, Carlos text bibliography enk London New York Routledge 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) : ill. 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 specialized edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references and index Mode of access: Internet Genetics Social sciences Biotechnology Genetic engineering 9780203945940 (electronic bk.) 0203945948 (electronic bk.) http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=201803 http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=201803 UMP 110110 20251117141508.0 vtls000049470