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Title Becoming biosubjects : bodies, systems, technologies / Neil Gerlach [and others]
Published Toronto [Ont.] ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
Series Cultural studies series
Cultural studies series (Toronto, Ont.)
Contents DNA identification and genetic justice -- The sexual politics of biotechnology -- Biopatents and the ownership of life -- Biosecurity, bioterrorism, and epidemic -- Conclusion : Becoming biosubjects
Summary "Becoming Biosubjects examines the ways in which the Canadian government, media, courts, and everyday Canadians are making sense of the challenges being posed by biotechnologies. The authors argue that the human body is now being understood as something that is fluid and without fixed meaning. This has significant implications both for how we understand ourselves and how we see our relationships with other forms of life
Focusing on four major issues, the authors examine the ways in which genetic technologies are shaping criminal justice practices, how policies on reproductive technologies have shifted in response to biotechnologies, the debates surrounding the patenting of higher life forms, and the Canadian (and global) response to bioterrorism. Regulatory strategies in government and the courts are continually evolving and are affected by changing public perceptions of scientific knowledge. The legal and cultural shifts outlined in Becoming Biosubjects call into question what it means to be a Canadian, a citizen, and a human being."--Pub. desc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Biotechnology -- Social aspects -- Canada
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects -- Canada
Human body.
Forensic genetics -- Technique.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Canada.
Reproductive technology -- Government policy -- Canada
Biotechnology -- Canada -- Patents
Bioterrorism -- Canada -- Prevention
Bioterrorism -- Prevention
Bioethics.
Bioethical Issues
Biotechnology -- ethics
Bioterrorism -- prevention & control
Genetic Engineering -- ethics
Genetics, Medical -- ethics
Human Body
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
LAW -- Science & Technology.
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Biotechnology -- Social aspects
Bioterrorism -- Prevention
Criminal justice, Administration of
Forensic genetics -- Technique
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
Human body
Bioethik.
Biotechnologie.
Humangenetik.
Reproduktionsmedizin.
SUBJECT Canada https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002170
Subject Canada
Kanada.
Genre/Form Patents
Form Electronic book
Author Gerlach, Neil, 1963-
ISBN 9781442660090
1442660090