The Genome Incorporated
Constructing Biodigital Identity
Seiten
2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7851-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7851-9 (ISBN)
Examining the proliferation of human genomics across contemporary media cultures, this book engages with questions of what it means for a science to become so thoroughly part of every day life.
The Genome Incorporated examines the proliferation of human genomics across contemporary media cultures. It explores questions about what it means for a technoscience to thoroughly saturate everyday life, and places the interrogation of the science/media relationship at the heart of this enquiry. The book develops a number of case studies in the mediation and consumption of genomics, including: the emergence of new direct-to-the-consumer bioinformatics companies; the mundane propagation of testing and genetic information through lifestyle television programming; and public and private engagements with art and science institutions and events. Through these novel sites, this book examines the proliferating circuits of production and consumption of genetic information and theorizes this as a process of incorporation. Its wide-ranging case studies ensure its appeal to readers across the social sciences.
The Genome Incorporated examines the proliferation of human genomics across contemporary media cultures. It explores questions about what it means for a technoscience to thoroughly saturate everyday life, and places the interrogation of the science/media relationship at the heart of this enquiry. The book develops a number of case studies in the mediation and consumption of genomics, including: the emergence of new direct-to-the-consumer bioinformatics companies; the mundane propagation of testing and genetic information through lifestyle television programming; and public and private engagements with art and science institutions and events. Through these novel sites, this book examines the proliferating circuits of production and consumption of genetic information and theorizes this as a process of incorporation. Its wide-ranging case studies ensure its appeal to readers across the social sciences.
Kate O'Riordan is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film, University of Sussex, UK
Contents: Introduction; The genome and me: incorporating personal publics; Reality genomics: DNA testing and reality television genres; Imaginative incorporation: art and genomics; Identities: incorporating sexuality in the genome; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Theory, Technology and Society |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7546-7851-2 / 0754678512 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-7851-9 / 9780754678519 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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