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| Title | : | The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon (Conversations in Medicine and Society) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472030043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
and at the Univ. The main chapters are informative surveys of such topics as eugenics, gender, sexuality, familial relations and social behaviors (criminal genes). Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. They utilize this material to examine diverse intersections between current social issues and ideas about genetic determinism. The nontechnical text avoids scientific errors. From Publishers Weekly Nelkin and Lindee, sociologists and historians of science at New York Univ. Illustrations. of Pen
A well-written, broad review of the culture of genetics Richard Stowell Nelkin and Lindee explore the way DNA has seeped into so many crevices in the popular culture, and how the cultural reflection of DNA science affects our expectations of the science. It is very much a book about public presentations and interpretations of science.It is, when it comes down to it, a cultural report. Drawing on dozens of cases from popular media, Nelkin and Lindee trace the variety of ways that DNA and the gene has been used as a metaphor a stand in for ideas about humanity--family, race, intelligence. The everyday, "uncritical" material is their main object of study:
"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."--NatureThe 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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