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Atomized Body
Liljefors M
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Description for Atomized Body
Hardcover. Editor(s): Liljefors, Max; Wiszmeg, Andrea; Lundin, Susanne. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AGB; JFC; JFCD; JFD; JFMG; JH; JMH; JMS; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Just like the first theories in physics viewed atoms as independent and surrounded by a void, our bodies' microscopic constituents are often portrayed as disconnected from the body as a unified organism, and from its cultural and social contexts. In this book the authors examine the relations between culture, society and bioscientific research and show how our bodies' singularised particles indeed still are socially and culturally embedded. In today's medicine, the biosciences are entangled with state power, commercialism, and cultural ideas and expectations, as well as with the hopes and fears of individuals. Therefore, biomedicine and biotechnology also reshape our ... Read more
Just like the first theories in physics viewed atoms as independent and surrounded by a void, our bodies' microscopic constituents are often portrayed as disconnected from the body as a unified organism, and from its cultural and social contexts. In this book the authors examine the relations between culture, society and bioscientific research and show how our bodies' singularised particles indeed still are socially and culturally embedded. In today's medicine, the biosciences are entangled with state power, commercialism, and cultural ideas and expectations, as well as with the hopes and fears of individuals. Therefore, biomedicine and biotechnology also reshape our ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press Sweden
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lund, Sweden
ISBN
9789187121920
SKU
V9789187121920
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About Liljefors M
Max Liljefors is an associate professor of art history and visual studies at Lund University in Sweden. Susanne Lundin is a professor in ethnology at Lund University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She is the editor of Amalgamations and Gene Technology and Economy. Andréa Wiszmeg is a PhD in ethnology at ... Read more
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