Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are

Rothman, Barbara Katz

ISBN 10: 0393047032 / ISBN 13: 9780393047035

Published by W.W. Norton, New York, 1998

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8vo, 272 pp., Inscribed & signed by the author on the front free endpaper.

Seller Inventory # 065846

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393047032
• ISBN 13: 9780393047035
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biology

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Synopsis

Scientists are racing to unravel the code of life in our DNA sequences. But once we know the code, will we know what life means? Will we know what to do with the powerful information we will have? Barbara Katz Rothman examines the current trends and applications of genetics research on race, illness and procreation. She explores new genetics in the light of her work as a sociologist who has studied motherhood and women's experiences with prenatal genetic testing, her participation in the new world of bioethical discussions of genetics, and her personal experiences as a mother in an interracial family. Her book aims to help the reader think about the place of genetic science in our own lives, its role in our social world and how we choose to think about think about human life itself.

About the Author

Barbara Katz Rothman is professor of sociology at Baruch College and CUNY Graduate School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. She has won the American Sociological Association's Jesse Barnard Award for distinguished contributions to the field, is president of Sociologists for Women in Society, and was a recent past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is the author of Recreating Motherhood, In Labor, and The Tentative Pregnancy, all available from Norton.