Anthropology and the new genetics

Gísli Pálsson

The growth of 'new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had far-reaching social and cultural implications, radically changing our self-understanding and perception of what it means to be human; that we have become 'biomedicalized', fragmented and commodified - redefining our notions of citizenship, social relations, family and identity. This 2007 book shows how anthropology can contribute to and challenge the ways we have come to understand genetic issues. Exploring a range of issues and case studies in genetic research, it provides an ethnographic 'reality-check', arguing that we must look beyond the 'gene-centrism' of genetic codes, family trees and insular populations, to explore their wider cultural, ethical and philosophical implications. Including coverage of the controversial and widely discussed Icelandic Health Sector Database, this accessible survey will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in social anthropology, human genetics and biotechnology.

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The growth of 'new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had far-reaching social and cultural implications, radically changing our self-understanding and perception of what it means to be human; that we have become 'biomedicalized', fragmented and commodified - redefining our notions of citizenship, social relations, family and identity. This 2007 book shows how anthropology can contribute to and challenge the ways we have come to understand genetic issues. Exploring a range of issues and case studies in genetic research, it provides an ethnographic 'reality-check', arguing that we must look beyond the 'gene-centrism' of genetic codes, family trees and insular populations, to explore their wider cultural, ethical and philosophical implications. Including coverage of the controversial and widely discussed Icelandic Health Sector Database, this accessible survey will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in social anthropology, human genetics and biotechnology.

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[目次]

  • 1. Introduction: 'as deep as life itself'
  • 2. Birthmarks become landmarks: 'little worlds in themselves'
  • 3. Genealogies, relationships and histories
  • 4. Biobanking: medical records and genetic databases
  • 5. For whom the cell tolls: bioethics
  • 6. Biovalue: appropriating genomes
  • 7. Human variation
  • 8. Conclusions.

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[目次]

  • 1. Introduction: 'as deep as life itself'
  • 2. Birthmarks become landmarks: 'little worlds in themselves'
  • 3. Genealogies, relationships and histories
  • 4. Biobanking: medical records and genetic databases
  • 5. For whom the cell tolls: bioethics
  • 6. Biovalue: appropriating genomes
  • 7. Human variation
  • 8. Conclusions.

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書名 Anthropology and the new genetics
著作者等 Gísli Pálsson
Palsson Gisli
シリーズ名 New departures in anthropology
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2007
ページ数 xiii, 268 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780521671743
9780521855723
NCID BA83467907
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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