Being at genetic risk : toward a rhetoric of care / Kelly Pender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pender, Kelly, 1974- author.

Series:

Magic in history.

Magic in history

Standardized Title:

Ghāyat al-hakīm wa-ahaqq al-natījatayn bi-altaqdīm. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--Early works to 1800.

Alchemy.

Astrology--Early works to 1800.

Astrology.

Magic--Early works to 1800.

Magic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 372 pages)

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English; translated from the Latin, which was translated from the original Arabic.

Summary:

"An English translation, with accompanying introduction, commentary, and notes, of the medieval treatise on astrological magic known as Picatrix, a guide for constructing magical talismans, mixing magical compounds, summoning planetary spirits, and determining astrological conditions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Following Mol’s Lead: From Diabetes to BRCA Risk

2 From Ideology to Governmentality: A Constructivist View of Genetic Risk

3 Making Risk Real: A Praxiographic Inquiry into Being BRCA+

4 Toward a Rhetoric of Care for the At Risk

Conclusion: Invention in RSTM: Another Moderate Response to the Two-World Problem

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-271-08302-6

OCLC:

1128171821