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The textures of globalization: biopolitics and the closure of xenotourism

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posted on 2023-05-17, 04:58 authored by Peta CookPeta Cook, Kendall, G, Michael, M, Brown, N
In this paper, we explore the tensions around a recent controversial development in medical tourism: xenotourism in Mexico. We take this bioendeavor – now ceased – to be emblematic of the global character of contemporary biomedicine, providing insights into the production and operation of scientific knowledge. We explore this through what we call the “textures of globalization”: the anxiety regarding the extent to which Mexico was understood as an (in)appropriate venue for the generation of novel knowledge on xenotransplantation, and as a location for xenotourism. These tensions, which oscillated between calls for individual freedom (choice) and global regulation (standardization), ultimately led to the closure of xenotourism in Mexico. Keywords: xenotransplantation; biopolitics; globalization

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Publication title

New Genetics and Society

Volume

30

Pagination

101-114

ISSN

1463-6778

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

Rankine Rd, Basingstoke, England, Hants, Rg24 8Pr

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Copyright 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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