Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are - Tapa dura

Rothman, Barbara Katz

 
9780393047035: Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are
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ISBN 10: 0393047032 ISBN 13: 9780393047035
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 1998

Sinopsis

Scientists are racing to unravel the code of life in our DNA sequences. But once we know the code, will we know what life means? Will we know what to do with the powerful information we will have? Barbara Katz Rothman examines the current trends and applications of genetics research on race, illness and procreation. She explores new genetics in the light of her work as a sociologist who has studied motherhood and women's experiences with prenatal genetic testing, her participation in the new world of bioethical discussions of genetics, and her personal experiences as a mother in an interracial family. Her book aims to help the reader think about the place of genetic science in our own lives, its role in our social world and how we choose to think about think about human life itself.

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Barbara Katz Rothman is professor of sociology at Baruch College and CUNY Graduate School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. She has won the American Sociological Association's Jesse Barnard Award for distinguished contributions to the field, is president of Sociologists for Women in Society, and was a recent past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is the author of Recreating Motherhood, In Labor, and The Tentative Pregnancy, all available from Norton.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393047032
ISBN 13 
9780393047035
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
272
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