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Biology unmoored : Melanesian reflections on life and biotechnology / Sandra Bamford.
Biology Unmoored is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to ground human kinship or human beings' relationship to the organic world. Bamford also exposes the ways in which Western ideas about relatedness do depend on a notion of physiological reproduction. Her innovative analysis includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive techn.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520247123 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0520247124 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780520247130 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0520247132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: conceptual frameworks -- Cultural landscapes -- Insubstantial identities -- Embodiments of detachment -- (Im) mortal undertakings -- Conceiving global identities -- Conclusion: conceptual displacements.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Ethnobiology.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Agriculture.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Psychology.
Body, Human > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Indigenous peoples > Ecology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Ethnobiology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | DU 740.42 .B36 2007 | 271780 | Stacks | Available | - |
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