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The DNA mystique : the gene as a cultural icon / Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee.
- Title
- The DNA mystique : the gene as a cultural icon / Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee.
- Author
- Nelkin, Dorothy.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, 2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Lindee, M. Susan.
- Description
- xxxii, 284 p. ; ill; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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 high-lighting 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"--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Conversations in medicine and society
- Uniform Title
- Conversations in medicine and society.
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Subject
- Note
- "With a new preface and conclusion"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-270) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. The powers of the gene -- 2. The eugenic gene -- 3. Sacred DNA -- 4. The molecular family -- 5. Elvis's DNA -- 6. Creating natural distinctions -- 7. Absolution: Locating responsibility and blame -- 8. Genetic essentialism applied -- 9. Genetic futurism -- 10. The supergene.
- ISBN
- 0472030043 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004047987
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library