The Genome Incorporated: Constructing Biodigital Identity - Rilegato

O'Riordan, Kate

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ISBN 10: 0754678512 ISBN 13: 9780754678519

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010

Riassunto

The Genome Incorporated examines the proliferation of human genomics across contemporary media cultures. It explores questions about what it means for a technoscience to thoroughly saturate everyday life, and places the interrogation of the science/media relationship at the heart of this enquiry. The book develops a number of case studies in the mediation and consumption of genomics, including: the emergence of new direct-to-the-consumer bioinformatics companies; the mundane propagation of testing and genetic information through lifestyle television programming; and public and private engagements with art and science institutions and events. Through these novel sites, this book examines the proliferating circuits of production and consumption of genetic information and theorizes this as a process of incorporation. Its wide-ranging case studies ensure its appeal to readers across the social sciences.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Kate O'Riordan is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film, University of Sussex, UK

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0754678512
• ISBN 13: 9780754678519
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 164
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile