TY - BOOK ID - 5429568 TI - Anthropology and the new genetics. PY - 2007 SN - 9780521671743 9780521855723 PB - Cambridge Cambridge university press DB - UniCat KW - Human genetics KW - Ethnology. KW - Génétique humaine KW - Anthropologie sociale et culturelle KW - Social aspects. KW - Aspect social KW - Anthropology, Cultural. KW - Genetics. KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison. KW - Databases, Genetic. KW - #SBIB:316.334.3M11 KW - #SBIB:39A9 KW - Genetic Data Banks KW - Genetic Data Bases KW - Genetic Databanks KW - Genetic Information Databases KW - Genetic Databases KW - Genetic Sequence Databases KW - OMIM KW - Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man KW - Bank, Genetic Data KW - Banks, Genetic Data KW - Data Bank, Genetic KW - Data Banks, Genetic KW - Data Base, Genetic KW - Data Bases, Genetic KW - Databank, Genetic KW - Databanks, Genetic KW - Database, Genetic KW - Database, Genetic Information KW - Database, Genetic Sequence KW - Databases, Genetic Information KW - Databases, Genetic Sequence KW - Genetic Data Bank KW - Genetic Data Base KW - Genetic Databank KW - Genetic Database KW - Genetic Information Database KW - Genetic Sequence Database KW - Information Database, Genetic KW - Information Databases, Genetic KW - Sequence Database, Genetic KW - Sequence Databases, Genetic KW - Genetic Testing KW - Genetic Processes KW - Genetic Structures KW - Genetic Phenomena KW - Cultural Anthropology KW - Ethnography KW - Ethnographies KW - Qualitative Research KW - Cultural anthropology KW - Races of man KW - Social anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Human beings KW - Medische sociologie: concepten en theorieën KW - Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps KW - Cross-cultural comparison. KW - Génétique humaine KW - Ethnology KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Genetics KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison KW - Databases, Genetic KW - Transcultural Studies KW - Comparison, Cross-Cultural KW - Comparisons, Cross-Cultural KW - Cross Cultural Comparison KW - Cross-Cultural Comparisons KW - Studies, Transcultural KW - Study, Transcultural KW - Transcultural Study KW - Cultural Characteristics KW - Culture KW - Social aspects KW - Material Culture KW - Culture, Material KW - Material Cultures UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5429568 AB - The growth of new genetics' has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had far-reaching social and cultural implications, radically changing our self-understanding and perception of what it means to be human; that we have become biomedicalized', fragmented and commodified - redefining our notions of citizenship, social relations, family and identity. This book shows how anthropology can contribute to and challenge the ways we have come to understand genetic issues. Exploring a range of issues and case studies in genetic research, it provides an ethnographic reality-check', arguing that we must look beyond the gene-centrism' of genetic codes, family trees and insular populations, to explore their wider cultural, ethical and philosophical implications. Including coverage of the controversial and widely discussed Icelandic Health Sector Database, this accessible survey will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in social anthropology, human genetics and biotechnology. ER -