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Biocitizenship - The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power (Paperback)
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Biocitizenship - The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power (Paperback)
Series: Biopolitics
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A groundbreaking exploration of biocitizenship Citizenship has a
long, complex relationship with the body. In recent years,
developments in biomedicine and biotechnology, as well as a number
of political initiatives, grassroots efforts, and public policies
have given rise to new ways in which bodies shape the idea and
practices of citizenship, or what has been called
“biocitizenship.” This book, the first collection of essays on
the topic of biocitizenship, aims to examine biocitizenship as a
mode of political action and expand readers’ understanding of
biopolitics. Organized into four distinct sections covering topics
including AIDS, drug testing on the mentally ill, and force-feeding
prisoners, Biocitizenship delves deep into the relationship between
private and public identity, politics, and power. Composed of
pieces by leading scholars from a wide variety of disciplines,
Biocitizenship offers a clear and comprehensive discussion on
biocitizenship, biopolitics, and groups that may be affected by
this ever-growing dialogue. Authors address issues familiar to
biopolitics scholarship such as gender, sexuality, class, race, and
immigration, but also consider unique objects of study, such as
incubators, dead bodies, and corporations. Biocitizenship seeks to
question who may count as a biological citizen and for what
reasons, an essential topic in an age in which the body and its
health provide the conditions necessary for political recognition
and agency.
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