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11. Human Cloning in the Media

    From Science Fiction to Science Practice

    By Joan Haran, Jenny Kitzinger, Maureen McNeil, Kate O'Riordan

    Series: Genetics and Society

    This book examines the making of human cloning as an imaginary practice and scientific fact. It explores the controversies surrounding both ‘therapeutic cloning’ for stem cell research and ‘reproductive’ cloning. The authors analyse the cultural production of cloning, how practices and...

    Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge
12. New Genetics, New Identities

    Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Helen Greenslade

    Series: Genetics and Society

    What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society? New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
13. New Genetics, New Social Formations

    Edited by Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade

    Series: Genetics and Society

    New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
14. Genetics

    Critical Concepts in Social and Cultural Theory

    Edited by Nanneke Redclift

    Published July 30th 2006 by Routledge
15. Genetics

    Critical Concepts in Social and Cultural Theory

    Edited by Nanneke Redclift

    Published July 30th 2006 by Routledge
16. Genetics

    Critical Concepts in Social and Cultural Theory

    Edited by Nanneke Redclift

    Published July 30th 2006 by Routledge
17. Genetics

    Critical Concepts in Social and Cultural Theory

    Edited by Nanneke Redclift, Sahra Gibbon

    Scientific developments have always been central to conceptions of society at particular historical moments. However, the rise of molecular biology and the new genetic knowledge in the twentieth century pose particular challenges to our notions of the individual, our sense of past and future, and...

    Published July 30th 2006 by Routledge
18. Genetics, Mass Media and Identity

    A Case Study of the Genetic Research on the Lemba

    By Tudor Parfitt, Yulia Egorova

    This is the first book to explore the effect of genetic research on the Lemba Judaising community of Southern Africa and the phenomenon of Israelite identity. The science of genetics as relayed by the media is perceived by laymen as being irreproachably objective 'hard science': its disinterested...

    Published January 25th 2006 by Routledge
19. In Work, At Home

    Towards an Understanding of Homeworking

    By Alan Felstead, Nick Jewson

    More and more people are choosing to earn a living at home. In Work, At Home explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment by covering a wide range of issues including:* social relationships* current research methodologies* statistical analyses of global labour markets* the...

    Published October 13th 1999 by Routledge
20. The Journey to Work

    Its Significance for Industrial and Community Life

    By Kate Liepmann

    Series: International Library of Sociology

    Published January 28th 1998 by Routledge