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Becoming Biosubjects: Bodies. Systems. Technology.
Gerlach, Neil; Hamilton, Sheryl N.; Sullivan, Rebecca; Walton, Priscilla L.
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paperback. Becoming Biosubjects examines the ways in which the Canadian government, media, courts, and everyday Canadians are making sense of the challenges being posed by biotechnologies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Becoming Biosubjects examines the ways in which the Canadian government, media, courts, and everyday Canadians are making sense of the challenges being posed by biotechnologies. The authors argue that the human body is now being understood as something that is fluid and without fixed meaning. This has significant implications both for how we understand ourselves and how we see our relationships with other forms of life.
Focusing on four major issues, the authors examine the ways in which genetic technologies are shaping criminal justice practices, how policies on reproductive technologies have shifted in response to biotechnologies, the debates surrounding the ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802096838
SKU
V9780802096838
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About Gerlach, Neil; Hamilton, Sheryl N.; Sullivan, Rebecca; Walton, Priscilla L.
Neil Gerlach is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. Sheryl N. Hamilton is an associate professor in the Department of Law and the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Rebecca Sullivan is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. Priscilla L. Walton is a ... Read more
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