Generation Games
Genetic Engineering and the Future for Our Lives
Pat Spallone(Author)
Temple University Press,U.S.
Published on 19. March 1992
Book
Hardback
343 pages
978-0-87722-966-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Generation Games" is a ground-breaking work in ecofeminism, biotechnology, and social ethics. Pat Spallone provides general readers with facts, issues, and ethical questions related to the genetic engineering of seeds, plants, microorganisms, animals, people, and in particular, of women in medical therapies. Synthesizing much of the history and commentary on biotechnology, she shows how genetic engineers mine and manage biological resources for applications that point to the increasing industrialization of life forms. Spallone explores the global political contests engendered by developments in plant genetics and manipulation of domestic livestock. She analyzes the increasing privatization of nature and nature's resources as more plants and animals fall under the control of multinational corporations, and she discusses the patenting of living things. Viewing genetic engineering as a politically important subject, Spallone contends that these biological developments are implicated in an industrial, scientific, and political agenda 'which is at loggerheads with progressive social development'.
In "Generation Games", she grapples with the complex relations between science and society. Author note: Pat Spallone, a freelance researcher and writer associated with the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of York, previously worked as a biochemist in medical research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
In "Generation Games", she grapples with the complex relations between science and society. Author note: Pat Spallone, a freelance researcher and writer associated with the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of York, previously worked as a biochemist in medical research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87722-966-7 (9780877229667)
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Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Gene Revolution 2. Biotechnology Now 3. Protection Against Pests 4. Will Genetic Engineering Help Developing Countries? 5. Who Owns Life? The Patenting of Hiring Things 6. Vaccines and Future Ills 7. Genes-the-Cause 8. Reproductive Engineering 9. Gene Maps 10. Gene Weapons Epilogue Life After Genes Appendix Gene Therapy Notes Resources Selected Bibliography Glossary Index