Becoming Biosubjects : : Bodies. Systems. Technology. /

Becoming Biosubjects : : Bodies. Systems. Technology. / / Neil Gerlach, Sheryl Hamilton, Rebecca Sullivan, Priscilla Walton.

Becoming Biosubjects examines the ways in which the Canadian government, media, courts, and everyday Canadians are making sense of the challenges being posed by biotechnologies. The authors argue that the human body is now being understood as something that is fluid and without fixed meaning. This h...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Gerlach, Neil,
Hamilton, Sheryl,
Sullivan, Rebecca,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO. DNA Identification and Genetic Justice
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Sexual Politics of Biotechnology
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Biopatents and the Ownership of Life
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Biosecurity, Bioterrorism, and Epidemics
  • CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion: Becoming Biosubjects
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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