Molecular Feminisms : Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab
Roy, Deboleena
Molecular Feminisms : Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab - University of Washington Press 20181104
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"“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.
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English
j163-3c90 9780295744100;9780295744117
10.6069/j163-3c90 doi
Sociology Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Science and Technology Studies
Molecular Feminisms : Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab - University of Washington Press 20181104
Open Access
"“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.
Creative Commons
English
j163-3c90 9780295744100;9780295744117
10.6069/j163-3c90 doi
Sociology Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Science and Technology Studies