{"product_id":"an-anthropology-of-biomedicine-paperback","title":"An Anthropology of Biomedicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret M. Lock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVinh-Kim Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fully revised and updated second edition of \u003ci\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly-regarded and award-winning textbook (\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e) retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This profoundly revised version of a book that has already become a classic incorporates the most recent developments and challenges in medicine, biology and public health as well as the most salient questions and debates among anthropologists studying these various fields. Addressing issues at the interface between physical life and social life, it brilliantly covers a broad domain from biomedical technologies to global health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDidier Fassin, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eInstitute for Advanced Study, Princeton and ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This second edition of \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine\u003c\/em\u003e moves at the speed of the global reach of the subject it analyzes: persuasively argued and richly illustrated with ethnographic, historical, sociomedical and legal cases, this book offers the exemplary and synthetic discussion of biomedicine as a sociotechnical system. Lock and Nguyen's persuasive volume is now thoroughly updated and contains new chapters on microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system, making it a challenging and key text for the wide array of fields in which the social sciences intersect with all aspects of the production of and inequalities in health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRayna Rapp, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Anthropology, New York University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this fully revised and updated second edition of \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine, \u003c\/em\u003e authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This highly-regarded and award-winning textbook \u003cem\u003e(Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology)\u003c\/em\u003e retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains the essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This profoundly revised version of a book that has already become a classic incorporates the most recent developments and challenges in medicine, biology and public health as well as the most salient questions and debates among anthropologists studying these various fields. Addressing issues at the interface between physical life and social life, it brilliantly covers a broad domain from biomedical technologies to global health.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDidier Fassin, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eInstitute for Advanced Study, Princeton and ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This second edition of \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine\u003c\/em\u003e moves at the speed of the global reach of the subject it analyzes: persuasively argued and richly illustrated with ethnographic, historical, sociomedical and legal cases, this book offers the exemplary and synthetic discussion of biomedicine as a sociotechnical system. Lock and Nguyen's persuasive volume is now thoroughly updated and contains new chapters on microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system, making it a challenging and key text for the wide array of fields in which the social sciences intersect with all aspects of the production of and inequalities in health.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRayna Rapp, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Anthropology, New York University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this fully revised and updated second edition of \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine, \u003c\/em\u003e authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This highly-regarded and award-winning textbook \u003cem\u003e(Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology)\u003c\/em\u003e retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains the essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMARGARET LOCK\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emerita at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Dept. of Social Studies of Medicine and Dept. of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Officier de L'Ordre national du Qu饕ec, Officer of the Order of Canada, and an elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author and\/or co-editor of 18 books and over 220 articles, Lock is a medical anthropologist whose work focuses on embodiment, comparative epistemologies of medical knowledge, and the global impact of biomedical technologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVINH-KIM NGUYEN\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is also Chair of Anthropology and Global Health at the Coll鑒e d'ﾉtudes mondiales in Paris. 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