Genes and the Bioimaginary: Science, Spectacle, Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367598921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Deborah Lynn Steinberg

Opis

Genes and the Bioimaginary reflects on the rise and cultural apotheosis of the gene, examining the ’genetification’ of culture and shedding light on emergence of the gene at the intersection of science and culture and as a product of science as culture. Employing a distinctive array of interdisciplinary analytic tools, it explores the rise of the g

Spis treści

Migration Across Boundaries

O autorze

Deborah Lynn Steinberg is Professor of Gender, Culture and Media Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. Her books include: Bodies in Glass: Genetics, Eugenics, Embryo Ethics (1997); Made to Order: The Myth of Reproductive and Genetic Progress (1987, with P. Spallone); Border Patrols: Policing the Boundaries of Heterosexuality (1989, with D. Epstein and R. Johnson); Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief (1999, with A. Kear); and Blairism and the War of Persuasion: Labour’s Passive Revolution (2004, with R Johnson).