Molecular Feminisms Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab

""Should feminists clone?" "What do neurons think about?" "How can we learn from bacterial writing?" These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes seriously t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roy, Deboleena, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press [2018]
Colección:Feminist technosciences
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Sumario:""Should feminists clone?" "What do neurons think about?" "How can we learn from bacterial writing?" These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes seriously the capabilities of lab "objects"--Bacteria and other human, nonhuman, organic, and inorganic actants--in order to understand processes of becoming. In Molecular Feminisms, Roy investigates science as feminism at the lab bench, engaging in an interdisciplinary conversation between molecular biology, Deleuzian philosophies, posthumanism, and postcolonial and decolonial studies. She brings insights from feminist theory together with lessons learned from bacteria, subcloning, and synthetic biology, arguing that renewed interest in matter and materiality must be accompanied by a feminist rethinking of scientific research methods and techniques.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 265 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780295744100
9780295744117