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The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon: Conversations In Medicine And Society

Autor Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2004
"The DNA Mystique is a wake-up call to all who would dismiss America's love affair with 'the gene' as a merely eccentric obsession."
--In These Times

"Nelkin and Lindee are to be warmly congratulated for opening up this intriguing field [of genetics in popular culture] to further study."
--Nature

The DNA Mystique suggests that the gene in popular culture draws on scientific ideas but is not constrained by the technical definition of the gene as a section of DNA that codes for a protein. In highlighting DNA as it appears in soap operas, comic books, advertising, and other expressions of mass culture, the authors propose that these domains provide critical insights into science itself.

With a new introduction and conclusion, this edition will continue to be an engaging, accessible, and provocative text for the sociology, anthropology, and bioethics classroom, as well as stimulating reading for those generally interested in science and culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780472030040
ISBN-10: 0472030043
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 13 drawings
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
Seria Conversations In Medicine And Society


Notă biografică

Dorothy Nelkin, University Professor at New York University, passed away in the spring of 2003.
M. Susan Lindee is Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Descriere

Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture