STS.330 History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology, Fall 2006

STS.330 History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology, Fall 2006

This course explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics include histories of bodies and embodiment in medicine; institutional and social genealogies and futures for genes and genomes; the role of science and medicine in racial formation; epi...

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Main Authors: Helmreich, Stefan, 1966-, Jones, David S. (David Shumway)
Language:en-US
Published: 2006
Subjects:
historical medicine
medieval dissection
gender
visible human project
genealogies
genome
biological kinship
biology of race
race and disease
emerging diseases
human relationship with animals
reproductive technologies
therapeutics
bioprospecting
climate change
environmental technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52818

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