ABSTRACT
The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe.
The book provides a coherent structure for examining the diversity of practices and discourses that surround developments linked to BRCA genetics, and to the evolving field of genetics more broadly. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, history of science, STS, public health and bioethics.
Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|66 pages
Practices of population, politics and history in the production of BRCA
chapter 1|18 pages
The presence of the past
chapter 2|22 pages
Mapping Jewish identities
chapter 3|16 pages
Genetics to the people
section II|51 pages
Risk, personhood and subjectivity
chapter 6|18 pages
It takes a particular world to produce and enact BRCA testing
section III|75 pages
Shifting terrains of BRCA knowledge and practices
