03770nam 22008654a 450 991113875960332120251116191359.0978661235837197812823583791282358375978052093947905209394769781433701382143370138310.1525/9780520939479(CKB)1000000000354358(EBL)284434(OCoLC)476034388(SSID)ssj0000290057(PQKBManifestationID)11234157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290057(PQKBWorkID)10410436(PQKB)10320984(OCoLC)290539838(MdBmJHUP)muse30758(DE-B1597)520406(DE-B1597)9780520939479(Au-PeEL)EBL284434(CaPaEBR)ebr10170970(CaONFJC)MIL235837(Perlego)550320(MiAaPQ)EBC284434(EXLCZ)99100000000035435820060320d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBiology unmoored Melanesian reflections on life and biotechnology /Sandra Bamford1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) illustrations, maps9780520247123 0520247124 9780520247130 0520247132 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.Introduction: conceptual frameworks -- Cultural landscapes -- Insubstantial identities -- Embodiments of detachment -- (Im) mortal undertakings -- Conceiving global identities -- Conclusion: conceptual displacements.Biology Unmoored is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to ground human kinship or human beings' relationship to the organic world. Bamford also exposes the ways in which Western ideas about relatedness do depend on a notion of physiological reproduction. Her innovative analysis includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), the mapping of the human genome, cloning, the commodification of biodiversity, and the manufacture and sale of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people)EthnobiologyHamtai (Papua New Guinean people)AgricultureHamtai (Papua New Guinean people)PsychologyHuman bodySocial aspectsPapua New GuineaGulf ProvinceIndigenous peoplesEcologyPapua New GuineaGulf ProvinceEthnobiologyPapua New GuineaGulf ProvinceBiotechnologyGenetic engineeringGulf Province (Papua New Guinea)Social life and customsHamtai (Papua New Guinean people)Ethnobiology.Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people)Agriculture.Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people)Psychology.Human bodySocial aspectsIndigenous peoplesEcologyEthnobiologyBiotechnology.Genetic engineering.305.89/912Bamford Sandra C.1962-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911138759603321UNINA