Format:
1 online resource (212 pages)
ISBN:
9780520972537
Content:
The Life of a Pest tracks the work practices of scientists in Mexico as they study flora and fauna at scales ranging from microscopic to ecosystemic. Amid concerns about climate change, infectious disease outbreaks, and biotechnology, scientists in Mexico have expanded the focus of biopolitics and biosecurity, looking beyond threats to human life to include threats to the animal, plant, and microbial worlds. Emily Wanderer outlines how concerns about biosecurity are leading scientists to identify populations and life-forms either as worthy of saving or as "pests" in need of elimination. Moving from high security labs where scientists study infectious diseases, to offices where ecologists regulate the use of genetically modified organisms, to remote islands where conservationists eradicate invasive species, Wanderer explores how scientific research informs, and is informed by, concepts of nation.
Content:
Cover -- The Life of a Pest -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Living Better in Mexico -- 1. From Degenerates to Regeneration, Convicts to Conservation -- 2. The Care of the Pest and Animal Betrayals -- 3. Acclimatizing Biosecurity -- 4. Invisible Biologies, Embodied Environments -- 5. The Bureaucracy of Genetic Modification -- Conclusion: Vivir Mejor and the Biodiverse Nation -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520302624
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wanderer, Emily The life of a pest Berkeley : University of California Press, 2020 ISBN 9780520302648
Language:
English
