{"product_id":"experiencing-the-new-genetics-family-kinship-and-the-medical-frontier-9780812217209","title":"Experiencing the New Genetics: Family, Kinship, and the Medical Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past several decades there has been an explosion of interest in genetics and genetic inheritance within both the research community and the mass media. The science of genetics now forecasts great advances in alleviating disease and prolonging human life, placing the family and kin group under the spotlight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExperiencing the New Genetics\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaja Finkler argues that the often uncritical presentation of research on genetic inheritance as well as the attitudes of some in the biomedical establishment contribute to a \"genetic essentialism,\" a new genetic determinism, and the medicalization of kinship in American society. She explores some of the social and cultural consequences of this phenomenon. Finkler discovers that the new genetics can turn a healthy person into a perpetual patient, complicate the redefinition of the family that has been occurring in American society for the past few decades, and lead to the abdication of responsibility for addressing the problem of unhealthy environmental conditions. \u003ci\u003eExperiencing the New Genetics\u003c\/i\u003e will assist scholars and general readers alike in making sense of this timely and multifaceted issue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaja Finkler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812217209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2000 pg. 746\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaja Finkler is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44887317414003,"sku":"9780812217209","price":49.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_98355214-eb37-4a62-aeec-87afe6444188.jpg?v=1776875572","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/experiencing-the-new-genetics-family-kinship-and-the-medical-frontier-9780812217209","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}