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An Anthropology of Biomedicine 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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An Anthropology of Biomedicine 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology
of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from
an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of
material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics.
Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the
assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human
body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in
which the application of biomedical technologies brings about
radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic
inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the
theory that the human body in health and illness is not an
ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity. This second
edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome;
global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In
addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take
account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the
intervening years between publications. References and figures have
also been updated throughout. This highly-regarded and
award-winning textbook (Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for
Archaeology and Anthropology) retains the character and features of
the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including
discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies
of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and
assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain
futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains
the essential text for students of anthropology, medical
anthropology as well as public and global health.
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