Deborah Lynn Steinberg

Genes and the Bioimaginary (eBook, PDF)

Science, Spectacle, Culture

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Genes and the Bioimaginary reflects on the rise and cultural apotheosis of the gene, examining the 'genetification' of culture and shedding light on emergence of the gene at the intersection of science and culture and as a product of science as culture. Employing a distinctive array of interdisciplinary analytic tools, it explores the rise of the gene in several respects: as a site of knowledge production crossing boundaries between the clinical-scientific and the popular; as a gateway technology and locus of transforming bioethical values and modes of bodily governance; and as a site of spectacle, projective fantasy and attachment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317129462
• Artikelnr.: 44864576

Autorenporträt

Deborah Lynn Steinberg is Professor of Gender, Culture and Media Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. Her books include: Bodies in Glass: Genetics, Eugenics, Embryo Ethics (1997); Made to Order: The Myth of Reproductive and Genetic Progress (1987, with P. Spallone); Border Patrols: Policing the Boundaries of Heterosexuality (1989, with D. Epstein and R. Johnson); Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief (1999, with A. Kear); and Blairism and the War of Persuasion: Labour's Passive Revolution (2004, with R Johnson).

Inhaltsangabe

Migration Across Boundaries

Rezensionen

"In Genes and the Bioimaginary, Deborah Lynn Steinberg, professor of Gender, Culture and Media Studies at the University of Warwick, UK, has carried out a masterful, far-ranging analysis of how the gene has come to dominate Western discourses of identity, justice, psychology, and medicine, and the ways in which projections about how genes shape our agency, wellbeing, and social worth have seduced us into placing more belief into the power of genetic science than is warranted and have thus granted it a good deal of sway in our lives... [It] is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the ways in which contemporary genetics has covertly and overtly revived old notions of racial science and eugenics."- Gina Maranto, University of Miami, Biopolitical Times

"Deborah Lynn Steinberg's account of the ideologies underlying modern genetics is by far the very best critical reading of the subject. Taking the science seriously, she unravels many of the unstated social and cultural presuppositions that are masked by the claims of genetics as an objective science. An intelligent, readable book for everyone with a genome."- Sander L. Gilman, Emory University, USA

"In Genes and the Bioimaginary, Steinberg calls us to acknowledge our collective authorship of the reproductive/transformative agencies of science. Through a well-chosen set of cases, her incisive and eloquent analytic voice offers us a passionately critical exposition of the gene, and guides us to a deeper understanding of the inseparability of scientific and cultural imaginaries."- Lucy Suchman, Lancaster University, UK

"Through the powerful notion, Bio-imaginary, Steinberg communicates a deep understanding of the intricate dispersals of knowledge, power and bodily sensibilities found in modern day genetics. This extraordinary book is contemporary, fascinating and a challenging intellectual intervention, jam-packed with illuminating case studies. Steinberg is dazzling when pushing theoretical boundaries. Scholars from many disciplines will be compelled to read her brilliance."- Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Liverpool, UK

"Steinberg not only questions the impacts of scientific research but the social conditions and cultural context that make it persuasive. In doing so she opens up fascinating discussions about not just the politics of science, but the purpose of it as a field. It is for this reason this book is worth reading."- Simon Copland, The Guardian