Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences  making biologies and identities /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2008. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 198 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences / Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas -- Charity, breast cancer activism and the iconic figure of the BRCA carrier / Sahra Gibbon -- Brains, pedigrees, and promises : lessons from the politics of autism genetics / Chloe Silverman -- Biosociality and susceptibility genes : a cautionary tale / Margaret Lock -- Biology, sociality and reproductive modernity in Ecuadorian in-vitro fertilization : the particulars of place / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts -- Biosociality and biocrossings : encounters with assisted conception and embryonic stem cells in India / Aditya Bharadwaj -- Synecdochic ricochets : biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic / Michal Nahman -- Patients, profits and values : myozyme as an exemplar of biosociality / Carlos Novas -- Biocapital as an emergent form of life : speculations on the figure of the experimental subject / Kaushik Sunder Rajan -- Afterword : concept work / Paul Rabinow. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203945940 (electronic bk.) 0203945948 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Genetics.<br/>Social sciences.<br/>Biotechnology.<br/>Genetic engineering.<br/>Genetics, Medical.<br/>Biotechnology.<br/>Genetic Engineering.<br/>Genome, Human.<br/>Reproductive Medicine.<br/>Social medicine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH430  / .B58 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576.5 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2007 L-382 QZ 50  / G32826 2008