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How the gene got its groove : figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real / Elizabeth Parthenia Shea.

Title: How the gene got its groove : figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real / Elizabeth Parthenia Shea.
Author: Shea, Elizabeth Parthenia, 1966-
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

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Description

x, 136 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Communication in science > Philosophy
Genes
Genetics
Language Arts
Persuasive Communication
Rhetoric > Philosophy
Science

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Gene origin stories -- Prescribing rhetorical work : genetic theories, gemmules, and genes -- Genes on Main street -- Genes, figures, things, objects -- Figuratively speaking : genes, sexuality, and the authority of science -- Genome : the secret of how tropes work in the life sciences.

ISBN

9780791474259 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791474259 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007030817