Remaking Life and Death: Toward an Anthropology of the Biosciences

by Sarah Franklin

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The boundaries of life now occupy a place of central concern among biological anthropologists. Because of the centrality of the modern biological definition of life to Euro-American medicine and anthropology, the definition of life itself and its contestation exemplify competing uses of knowledge. On the one hand, life and death may be redefined as partial or contingent (brain death), or reconstituted altogether (virtual or artificial life). On...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1930618204

ISBN13:9781930618206

Release Date:April 2003

Publisher:School for Advanced Research Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Death Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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