Taussig / Fischer / Dumit Ordinary Genomes

Science, Citizenship, and Genetic Identities
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9103-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taussig, Karen-Sue

Fischer, Michael M. J.

Dumit, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Science, Subjectivity, and Citizenship 1

1. "God Made the World and the Dutch Made Holland" 17

2. Genetics and the Organization of Genetic Practice in the Netherlands 57

3. The Social and Clinical Production of Ordinariness 85

4. Backward and Beautiful: Calvinism, Chromosomes, and the Production of Genetic Knowledge 135

5. Bovine Abominations: Contesting Genetic Technologies 159

Epilogue. Ordinary Genomes in a Globalizing World 189

Notes 201

Bibliography 217

Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

Karen-Sue Taussig is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.