Emily Martin is professor of anthropology at Princeton University and author of The Woman in the Body: A Cultural
Analysis of Reproduction.
Summary
Anthropologist Emily Martin explores Americans' understanding of immunity, arguing that our emphasis on "flexibility"
may create a new form of social Darwinism.
"Wide-ranging and provocative."
-Publishers Weekly
"Establishes Martin as one of the world's most original and stimulating thinkers grappling with the culture
and social context of science." -New Scientist
