De-Sequencing

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Are you your genes? De-Sequencing: Identity Work with Genes explores this perplexing question, showing how different forms of knowledge must be contextualized to become meaningful. It is generally assumed that the genomic sequence adds up to the identity-forming material life is made of. Yet identity cannot itself adopt the form of a sequence. As the authors in this volume show, the genome must be ‘de-sequenced’ by human language to render it interpretable and meaningful in a social context. The book unpacks this type of ‘sequence-speech’ in engaging detail, adopting a personal, social, cultural, and bio-political approach to examine the transformation of human identity and reflexivity in the era of genetic citizenship.
Are you your genes? De-Sequencing: Identity Work with Genes explores this perplexing question, showing how different forms of knowledge must be contextualized to become meaningful. It is generally assumed that the genomic sequence adds up to the identity-forming material life is made of. Yet identity cannot itself adopt the form of a sequence. As the authors in this volume show, the genome must be ‘de-sequenced’ by human language to render it interpretable and meaningful in a social context. The book unpacks this type of ‘sequence-speech’ in engaging detail, adopting a personal, social, cultural, and bio-political approach to examine the transformation of human identity and reflexivity in the era of genetic citizenship.
Explores contemporary impacts of genomic knowledge from different angles – such as the personalization of health, individual identity-work, new trends in policy making, and the social consequences of advancements in the medical sciences Establishes a discursive and interdisciplinary framework for those who (in their academic or professional fields) have to deal with the omnipresence and rising power of genetics in our society Offers a valuable cutting-edge resource for scholars and readers interested in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, STS and cognate disciplines within the social sciences and humanities more broadly

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Dana Mahr

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