Biocitizenship: The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power

Book Overview

A groundbreaking exploration of biocitizenship

Citizenship has a long, complex relationship with the body. In recent years, developments in biomedicine and biotechnology, as well as a number of political initiatives, grassroots efforts, and public policies have given rise to new ways in which bodies shape the idea and practices of citizenship, or what has been called "biocitizenship." This book, the first collection of essays on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479860530
• ISBN13: 9781479860531
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"