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Becoming Donor-Conceived
The Transformation of Anonymity in Gamete Donation
This ethnography asks how those conceived with donated sperm and eggs fight for their right to know, search for their origins, and fundamentally transform anonymity in gamete donation.
Denisa Butnaru
(ed.)
Medial Bodies between Fiction and Faction
Reinventing Corporeality
This collection investigates corporeal transformations alert to transdisciplinary perspectives, focusing on the understanding of the »medial body« as a transitional environment between fiction and faction.
Veith Kilberth
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Jürgen Schwier
(eds.)
Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics
A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification
Are the Olympics killing skateboarding's heart and soul? This anthology provides a unique analytical perspective from twelve international authors.
How Genes Matter
Genetic Medicine as Subjectivisation Practices
Understanding how genetic factors contribute to who we are requires a broader analysis of genetic medicine as a social practice.
Memoirs of Well-Being
Rewriting Discourses of Illness and Disability
The "case studies" show how contemporary illness and disability memoirs effectively subvert traditional narratives and shift the focus to "well-being".
Kathrin Braun
(ed.)
Between Self-Determination and Social Technology
Medicine, Biopolitics and the New Techniques of Procedural Management
This book shows how autonomy, participation, ethics, and dialog work as new self-management technologies in the medical field.