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Ordinary genomes : science, citizenship, and genetic identities /

Explores the mutually constructive relationship between increasing scientific knowledge of human genetics and cultural identity through a case study of the development and reception of genomics in the Netherlands.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taussig, Karen-Sue, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.
Colección:Experimental futures.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : science, subjectivity, and citizenship
  • "God made the world and the Dutch made Holland"
  • Genetics and the organization of genetic practice in the Netherlands
  • The social and clinical production of ordinariness
  • Backward and beautiful : Calvinism, chromosomes, and the production of genetic knowledge
  • Bovine abominations: contesting genetic technologies
  • Epilogue : ordinary genomes in a globalizing world.