Becoming Biosubjects: Bodies. Systems. Technology.

by Priscilla L. Walton, Neil Gerlach, Rebecca Sullivan, et al.

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802099831
• ISBN13: 9780802099839
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher