Anthropology and the New Genetics (New Departures in Anthropology) Book

Paperback. Pub Date: 08 2007 Pages: 237 Publisher: Camidge. University Press The Growth of the 'new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health Diseases and the body anthropologists argue that these Scientific Advances have had far-reaching social and cultural implications. radically changing our self-understanding and perception of what it means to be human; that we have become 'biomedicalized'. fragmented and commodified - redefining our notions of citizenship. social relations. family and identity. This book shows how anthropology can contribute to and challenge the ways we have come to understand genetic issues. Exploring a range of issues and case studies in genetic research. it provides an ethnographic 'reality-check'. arguing that we must look beyond the 'gene-centrism' of genetic codes. family trees and insular populations. to explore their wider...Read More