The Biosecurity Individual : A Cultural Critique of the Intersection Between Health, Security, and Identity
Discoveries in biomedicine and biotechnology, especially in diagnostics, have made prevention and (self)surveillance increasingly important in the context of health practices. Frederike Offizier offers a cultural critique of the intersection between health, security and identity, and explores how th...
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