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Cellosaurus publication CLPUB00376

Publication number CLPUB00376
Authors Verspaget C.J.
Title Unruly bodies: monstrous readings of biotechnology.
Citation Thesis PhD (2015), Curtin University, Australia
Web pages https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1994
Abstract This thesis deploys the popular culture figure, the zombie, as a metaphor to examine the intersection of biotechnology and the production of knowledge about the body. Through reference to the HeLa cell line and BioArt project The Anarchy Cell Line, I show how the zombie metaphor helps to analyse and potentially undo Biology's inflexible binary classification system, allowing a more inclusive and less reductive reading of those who are subject to Biology's system of knowledge.
Cell lines CVCL_0030; HeLa