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Weighing the Future : Race, Science, and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era /
Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression and has been heralded as one of the most promising new fields of scientific inquiry. Current large-scale pregnancy studies draw on epigenetics to connect pregnant women's behavioral choices, like diet and exercise, to future healt...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Weighing the Future
- Part I
- 1. Epistemic Environments: Reproducing Solutions to Past, Present, and Future Maternal Health
- 2. Un/Altered: The Durability of Individualized Interventions for Multidimensional Illness
- Part II
- 3. Politics of Recruitment: How Fatness, Race, and Risk Shape Contemporary Pregnancy Trials
- 4. Pregnant Narratives: Experiencing Lifestyle Interventions
- Part III
- 5. Environmental Animations: What Counts as the Maternal Environment?
- 6. Prospecting Pregnancies: Data, Time, and Speculative Value
- Conclusion: The Afterbirth of Foreclosure
- Epilogue: [The Future] Is Composed of Nows
- Notes
- References
- Index