Biomedicine as culture: Instrumental practices, technoscientific knowledge, and new modes of life

Regula Valérie Burri; Joseph Dumit

doi:10.4324/9780203941584

Biomedicine as culture: Instrumental practices, technoscientific knowledge, and new modes of life

Regula Valérie Burri^* (Editor), Joseph Dumit (Editor)

^*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science studies to conduct a critical dialogue on the culture(s) of biomedical practice, discussing its epistemic, material, and social implications. The essays look at the ways new biomedical knowledge is constructed within hospitals and academic settings and at how this knowledge changes perceptions, material arrangements, and social relations, not only within clinics and scientific communities, but especially once it is diffused into a broader cultural context.

Original language	English
Number of pages	260
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-203-94158-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203941584
Publication status	Published - 14 Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

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