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Author: Joëlle Vailly
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.566kg
ISBN: 9781472422729
ISBN 10: 1472422724
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 December 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"Classified as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2013 'Combining her knowledge of genetics as both a biologist and an anthropologist, Joelle Vailly vividly analyses the scientific and moral issues raised by the national screening of cystic fibrosis in France and provides a masterful reflection on a contemporary biopolitics that redraws the boundary between the normal and the pathological.' Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA 'This timely volume is a superb account of the political struggles, scientific uncertainties, and human anxieties that surround the establishment of a newborn genetic screening program for cystic fibrosis in France. Grounded in Foucault's concept ""the field of experience"", Vailly orchestrates a cacophony of voices - medical professionals, families, advocacy groups, and policy makers - that create a new moral space associated with ""quality life"".' Margaret Lock, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 'This is not yet another book on genetics, either warning against the insidious ""geneticisation"" of society or celebrating the scientific prowess of genetics. It rather offers an exceptionally detailed account on what it entails to make genetics the locus of ordinary health policies, and a thoughtful reflection on what it is to have genes as political objects inhabiting our lives.' Vololona Rabeharisoa, Mines-ParisTech, France"
'Combining her knowledge of genetics as both a biologist and an anthropologist, Joelle Vailly vividly analyses the scientific and moral issues raised by the national screening of cystic fibrosis in France and provides a masterful reflection on a contemporary biopolitics that redraws the boundary between the normal and the pathological.' Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA'This timely volume is a superb account of the political struggles, scientific uncertainties, and human anxieties that surround the establishment of a newborn genetic screening program for cystic fibrosis in France. Grounded in Foucault's concept the field of experience , Vailly orchestrates a cacophony of voices - medical professionals, families, advocacy groups, and policy makers - that create a new moral space associated with quality life .'Margaret Lock, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Author Information
Joelle Vailly is Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and at the research center 'Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Social Issues' (Iris), France.
