New Genetics, New Identities

Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade, Peter Glasner0415394074, 9780415394079, 9780203962923

What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society?

New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also empirical case studies drawn from an international array of authors. Including the highly controversial areas of reproductive technologies and use of human embryos in biomedical research, other key features include:

a fresh analysis of a wide-range of social and political concerns in the development of new social identities examinations of the social implications of identity formation as a result from advances in genetic technologies from a number of perspectives both locally and globally resources of a wide range of social science disciplines to discuss significant sociological, anthropological, political and ethical issues.

This superb collection is an essential informative read for postgraduates and academics in the fields of sociology, anthropology and scientific technologies giving a comparative approach to complex issues surrounding the social implications of these advances in a period of rapid social change.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Series-Title……Page 3
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Contributors……Page 8
Acknowledgements……Page 12
1. Introduction: New genetic identities?……Page 14
2. Genetic advocacy groups, science and biovalue: Creating political economies of hope……Page 24
3. Patients as public in ethics debates: Interpreting the role of patients’ organisations in democracy……Page 41
4. From ‘scraps and fragments’ to ‘whole organisms’: Molecular biology, clinical research and post-genomic bodies……Page 57
5. Fashioning flesh: Inclusion, exclusivity and the potential of genomics……Page 74
6. Mapping origins: Race and relatedness in population genetics and genetic genealogy……Page 90
7. The moral and sentimental work of the clinic: The case of genetic syndromes……Page 114
8. Medical classification and the experience of genetic haemochromatosis……Page 133
9. Towards an anatomy of public engagement with medical genetics……Page 152
10. Genetics, gender and reproductive technologies in Latin America……Page 170
11. Genomics, social formations and subjectivity……Page 190
Index……Page 204