Biology Unmoored
Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology
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2007
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24713-0 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24713-0 (ISBN)
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Presents an examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. This book describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to human beings' relationship to the organic world. It includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive technologies and cloning.
"Biology Unmoored" is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to ground human kinship or human beings' relationship to the organic world. Bamford also exposes the ways in which Western ideas about relatedness do depend on a notion of physiological reproduction. Her innovative analysis includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), the mapping of the human genome, cloning, the commodification of biodiversity, and the manufacture and sale of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
"Biology Unmoored" is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to ground human kinship or human beings' relationship to the organic world. Bamford also exposes the ways in which Western ideas about relatedness do depend on a notion of physiological reproduction. Her innovative analysis includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), the mapping of the human genome, cloning, the commodification of biodiversity, and the manufacture and sale of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Sandra Bamford is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. She is the editor of Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity: Ritual, Praxis and Social Change in Melanesia, and coeditor of Genealogy--Beyond Kinship: Sequence, Transmission and Essence in Ethnography and Social Theory.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Conceptual Frameworks 1. Cultural Landscapes 2. Insubstantial Identities 3. Embodiments of Detachment 4. (Im)Mortal Undertakings 5. Conceiving Global Identities Conclusion: Conceptual Displacements Notes References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.3.2007 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 7 b-w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-24713-2 / 0520247132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-24713-0 / 9780520247130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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