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Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge

Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'New' Genetics

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  • © 2007

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  1. Sahra Gibbon

    1. University College London, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Sahra Gibbon
      Pages 1-18

  4. A Breast Cancer Research Charity: Science, Activism and the Quest for Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-124
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    2. The Alchemy of Loss and Hope: Fundraising as Memorialisation

      • Sahra Gibbon
      Pages 125-144

    3. Between Geno-hype and the Post-Genomic: The Management of Science and Ethics

      • Sahra Gibbon
      Pages 145-167

    4. Scientists and the Making of Genomics as Monuments for the Living

      • Sahra Gibbon
      Pages 168-188

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Sahra Gibbon
      Pages 189-197

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 198-221
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The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity.

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  • University College London, UK

    Sahra Gibbon

About the author

SAHRA GIBBON is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK. She has a longstanding interest in the social and cultural dimensions of developments in genomics and the dynamic interface between differently constituted sciences and publics. She teaches on a range of courses focussing on the anthropology of medicine, science and technology

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