Michelle Murphy og M. Murphy

'The Economization of Life'

Bog | Engelsk

What is a life worth? In the wake of eugenics, new quantitative racist practices that valued life for the sake of economic futures flourished. In The Economization of Life , M. Murphy provocatively describes the twentieth-century rise of infrastructures o

'Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty'

Bog | Engelsk

Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by headaches, rashes, and immune system disorders, office workers-mostly women-protes