ANTH 4330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: American Sociological Review, Nomic, Drug Design
24 Apr 2021
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Clarke, adele e. , janet k. shim, laura mamo, jennifer. That is, medicalization is intensi- fying, but in new and complex, usually technoscientifically enmeshed ways. Institutionally, biomedicine is being reor- ganized not only from the top down or the bottom up but from the inside out. From medicalization to biomedicalization: therefore, central to our argument is the point that in daily material practices, bio- medicalization processes are not predeter- mined but are quite contingent (7) We emphasize historical de- velopments in the transitional and current biomedicalization era. Clarke et al (2003, 172) mention the emergence of risk and surveillance practice which was defined as " aspects of the medical gaze is disciplining the bodies". In sum, the politico-economic transforma- tions of the biomedical sector are massive and ongoing, ranging from macro structural moves by industries and corporations to meso- and micro-level changes in the con- crete practices of health and medicine.
