Genetic Nature/Culture : Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide /

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The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to co...

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Other Authors: Lindee, M. Susan (Editor), Heath, Deborah, 1952- (Editor), Goodman, Alan H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethische aspecten.
Antropologie.
Cultuur.
Genetica.
Kongress
Sozialanthropologie
Humangenetik
Gentechnologie
Anthropologie
Human population genetics.
Human genetics > Research.
Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Anthropological ethics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
anthropology.
Bioethique.
Anthropologie.
Anthropologues > Deontologie > Congres.
Genetique humaine > Aspect moral > Congres.
Genetique humaine > Recherche > Congres.
Genetique des populations humaines > Congres.
Bioethical Issues
Anthropology
Genetics, Population > trends
Bioethics.
Anthropology.
Anthropological ethics > Congresses.
Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses.
Human genetics > Research > Congresses.
Human population genetics > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congressen (vorm)
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Anthropology and the age of genetics: practice, discourse, and critique / M. Susan Lindee, Alan Goodman, and Deborah Heath
  • Indigenous peoples, changing social and political landscapes, and human genetics in Amazonia / Ricardo Ventura Santos
  • Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's fieldwork with the old order Amish / M. Susan Lindee
  • Flexible eugenics: technologies of the self in the age of genetics / Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath
  • The commodification of virtual reality: the Icelandic health sector database / Hilary Rose
  • Kinship, genes, and cloning: life after Dolly / Sarah Franklin
  • For the love of a good dog: webs of action in the world of dog genetics / Donna Haraway
  • 98% chimpanzee and 35% daffodil: the human genome in evolutionary and cultural context / Jonathan Marks
  • From pure genes to GMOs: transnationalized gene landscapes in the biodiversity and transgenic food networks / Chaia Heller and Arturo Escobar
  • Future imaginaries: genome scientists as sociocultural entrepreneurs / Joan H. Fujimura
  • Reflections and prospects for anthropological genetics in South Africa / Himla Soodyall
  • The genetics of African Americans: implications for disease gene mapping and identity / Rick Kittles and Charmaine Royal
  • Human races in the context of recent human evolution: a molecular genetic perspective / Alan R. Templeton
  • Buried alive: the concept of race in science / Troy Duster
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly: promise and problems of ancient DNA for anthropology / Frederika A. Kaestle.

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