{"product_id":"fungible-life-9780822362494","title":"Fungible Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFungible Life\u003c\/i\u003e Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized \"Asian\" bodies and health data for genomic research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone interested in cosmopolitan flows of knowledge and risk will find this book of value, as the phenomena that it describes and the methodologies that Ong uses seem to me to be readily transferable. .  . .  I particularly enjoy the way Ong fits the situated nature of her own authorship, including her Asian background, her family history of cancer and so on, seamlessly into her account. . . . [A] beautiful and engaging piece of writing and an important contribution to a wide spectrum of knowledge.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Flora Samuel * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"Embracing a new frontier, Ong’s latest work tackles our fear of the unknown in genomic research, concerns about multiple levels of research ethics, and our curiosity about genomic research’s implications for Chinese and Asian identity, which in turn has implications for human identity as a whole. This book on biomedical research is suitable for graduate students and scholars interested in the production of knowledge, science and technology studies, medical anthropology and sociology, ethnic studies, public health, and broadly Asian Studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Fang Xu * New Books Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is an essential contribution to a comparative anthropology of biosentinels through a refined and accessible ethnography of two biotech centers in Singapore and Shenzhen, showing how a future is taking shape in which Asia will play a prominent role.\" -- Frederic Keck * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Ong's book is a deep dive in the complex role of the state, universities, firms, research stars, and knowledge about genetics in shaping the development of Singapore, in particular, as a key space in the development of scientific knowledge. After reading it you can better understand why universities like Duke and Imperial College seek (and need) to have a formal institutional presence in Singapore, and in association with key national partner universities like NUS and NTU. The Ong book, thus, provides insights on the geographical-, historical-, and sectoral -specific developments that these universities are currently navigating.\" -- Kris Olds * Inside Higher Ed *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFungible Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to the growing literature in area-specific science studies, and an important intervention in the anthropology of science scholarship on racialised science. . . . Well worth the investment for anyone interested in how race, ethnicity and science are made in Asia today.” -- Katherine A. Mason * The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e“Ong skillfully provides an accessible and lucid account of the intersection of ethnicity, biopolitics and uncertainties in Asia’s bioscientific world. \u003ci\u003eFungible Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable addition to fields such as the anthropology of Asia, medical anthropology, and science and technology studies. It is also highly accessible for readers of various levels.” -- Yifeng Cai * Social Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\"The productive uncertainties and ethnic heuristics that Aihwa Ong examines in her study of Singapore’s Biopolis enrich our understanding of ethnicity in postgenomic Asia. These are the major contributions of \u003ci\u003eFungible Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- Wen-Ching Sung * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Enigmatic Variations  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xxiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Inventing a City of Life  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Risks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Where the Wild Genes Are  29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. An Atlas of Asian Diseases  51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Smoldering Fire  73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Uncertainties\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Productive Uncertainty of Bioethics  93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Virtue and Expatriate Scientists  113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Perturbing Life  136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Known Unknowns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Single Wave  157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. \"Viruses Don't Carry Passports\"  174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. The \"Athlete Gene\" in China's Future  197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: A DNA Bridge and an Octopus's Garden  223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  271","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406098866519,"sku":"9780822362494","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822362494.jpg?v=1730494522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fungible-life-9780822362494","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}