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POSTGENOMICS
PERSPECTIVES ON BIOLOGY AFTER THE GENOME |
| By: |
Sarah S. Richardson (Editor), Hallam Stevens (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£89.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0822359227 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822359227 |
| Publisher: |
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 May, 2015 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
The contributors to Postgenomics assess the changes to the life sciences the Human Genome Project's completion brought, develop new frameworks for studying the human genome in the postgenomic era, and show how the environment, technology, race, and gender influence the genome and how we think about it. |
| Synopsis: |
Ten years after the Human Genome Project's completion the life sciences stand in a moment of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in research methodology, funding, scientific labor, and disciplinary structures. Postgenomics is transforming our understanding of disease and health, our environment, and the categories of race, class, and gender. At the same time, the gene retains its centrality and power in biological and popular discourse. The contributors to Postgenomics analyze these ruptures and continuities and place them in historical, social, and political context. Postgenomics, they argue, forces a rethinking of the genome itself, and opens new territory for conversations between the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences.Contributors. Russ Altman, Rachel A. Ankeny, Catherine Bliss, John Dupre, Michael Fortun, Evelyn Fox Keller, Sabina Leonelli, Adrian Mackenzie, Margot Moinester, Aaron Panofsky, Sarah S. Richardson, Sara Shostak, Hallam Stevens |
| Illustrations: |
16 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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