Gwen Shuni D'Arcangelis

Bio-Imperialism

Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fragility

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bio-Imperialism critiques an understudied dimension of the war on terror—US focus on bioterror and germ threats. The book examines the post-9/11 mobilization of bioscience and public health fields to this effort, alongside narratives of Arab/Muslim terror, US vulnerability, white femininity, techno-scientific progress, and pandemic preparedness. The book argues that the US significantly advanced its global control over biological, medical, and health resources during the war on terror.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781978814783
• ISBN-10: 197881478X
• Artikelnr.: 59514656

Autorenporträt

Gwen Shuni D'Arcangelis is an associate professor of gender studies at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Bio-imperialism and the Entanglement of Bioscience, Public
Health, and National Security
1. The Making of the Technoscientific Other: Tales of Terrorism,
Development, and Third World Morality
2. From Practicing Safe Science to Keeping Science Out of “Dangerous
Hands”: The Resurgence of  U.S. “Biodefense”
3. Co-opting Caregiving: Softening Militarism, Feminizing the Nation  
4. Preparedness Migrates: Pandemics, Germ Extraction, and “Global Health
Security”
Epilogue: Repurposing Science and Public Health
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index