Picturing Personhood: Brain Scans and Biomedical Identity (In-Formation)
by Joseph Dumit
An anthropological study of how brain scans are transforming concepts of identity, diagnosis, and personhood in contemporary medicine and society.
About This Book
This book examines the growing role of brain imaging technologies in defining biomedical identities.
It investigates how scans influence cultural understandings of personhood and medical diagnosis.
The work draws on anthropology and science studies to analyze imaging practices and their social effects.
Readers will gain insight into the intersection of technology, medicine, and identity formation.
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