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Experiencing the New Genetics : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier / Kaja Finkler.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finkler, Kaja, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Social aspects--United States.
- Families.
- Heredity, Human--Social aspects.
- Heredity, Human.
- Kinship.
- Medical genetics.
- Anthropology.
- Biomedical Research.
- Biology.
- Genotype.
- Psychology, Social.
- Medicine.
- Disease Susceptibility.
- Sociology.
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities.
- Behavioral Sciences.
- Disease.
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Disease Attributes.
- Social Sciences.
- Health Occupations.
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.
- Research.
- Biological Science Disciplines.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Occupations.
- Psychology.
- Science.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Pathologic Processes.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Genetics, Medical.
- Adoption.
- Genetic Determinism.
- Family.
- Genetics, Behavioral.
- Genetic Research.
- Anthropology, Cultural.
- Genetics.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
- Medical Subjects:
- Anthropology.
- Biomedical Research.
- Biology.
- Genotype.
- Psychology, Social.
- Medicine.
- Disease Susceptibility.
- Sociology.
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities.
- Behavioral Sciences.
- Disease.
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Disease Attributes.
- Social Sciences.
- Health Occupations.
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.
- Research.
- Biological Science Disciplines.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Occupations.
- Psychology.
- Science.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Pathologic Processes.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Genetics, Medical.
- Adoption.
- Genetic Determinism.
- Family.
- Genetics, Behavioral.
- Genetic Research.
- Anthropology, Cultural.
- Genetics.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the past several decades there has been an explosion of interest in genetics and genetic inheritance within both the research community and the mass media. The science of genetics now forecasts great advances in alleviating disease and prolonging human life, placing the family and kin group under the spotlight.In Experiencing the New Genetics, Kaja Finkler argues that the often uncritical presentation of research on genetic inheritance as well as the attitudes of some in the biomedical establishment contribute to a "genetic essentialism," a new genetic determinism, and the medicalization of kinship in American society. She explores some of the social and cultural consequences of this phenomenon. Finkler discovers that the new genetics can turn a healthy person into a perpetual patient, complicate the redefinition of the family that has been occurring in American society for the past few decades, and lead to the abdication of responsibility for addressing the problem of unhealthy environmental conditions. Experiencing the New Genetics will assist scholars and general readers alike in making sense of this timely and multifaceted issue.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part I. Setting the Stage: Kinship and Genetics
- Chapter 2. The Role of Kinship in Human Life
- Chapter 3. Family and Kinship in American Society
- Chapter 4. Concepts of Heredity in Western Society
- Part II. Setting Out People's Experience
- Chapter 5. People with a Genetic History I
- Chapter 6. People with a Genetic History II
- Chapter 7. People Without a Medical History
- Part III. Implications
- Chapter 8. The Ideology of Genetic Inheritance in Contemporary Life
- Chapter 9. A Multidimensional Critique of Genetic Determinism
- Chapter 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9786613211071
- 9781283211079
- 1283211076
- 9780812200607
- 0812200608
- OCLC:
- 759158216
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