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Interest in the study of kinship, a key area of anthropological enquiry, has recently reemerged. Dubbed 'the new kinship', this interest was stimulated by the 'new genetics' and revived interest in kinship and family patterns. This volume investigates the impact of biotechnology on contemporary understandings of kinship, of family and 'belonging' in a variety of European settings and reveals similarities and differences in how kinship is conceived. What constitutes kinship for different publics? How significant are biogenetic links? What does family resemblance tell us? Why is genetically modified food an issue? Are 'genes' and 'blood' interchangeable? It has been argued that the recent prominence of genetic science and genetic technologies has resulted in a 'geneticization' of social life; the ethnographic examples presented here do show shifts occurring in notions of 'nature' and of what is 'natural'. But, they also illustrate the complexity of contemporary kinship thinking in Europe and the continued interconnectedness of biological and sociological understandings of relatedness and the relationship between nature and nurture.Product Identifiers
PublisherBerghahn Books
ISBN-139780857453655
eBay Product ID (ePID)114418747
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameEuropean Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAnthropology, Biology
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorCarles Salazar, Jeanette Edwards
SeriesFertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight318 g
Additional Product Features
EditorJeanette Edwards, Carles Salazar
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom