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Editing the Soul : Science and Fiction in the Genome Age /
Personal genome testing, gene editing for life-threatening diseases, synthetic life: once the stuff of science fiction, twentieth- and twenty-first-century advancements blur the lines between scientific narrative and scientific fact. This examination of bioengineering in popular and literary culture...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, PA :
Penn State University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Regenesis
- 1. Genetics as Science, Ideology, and Fiction
- 2. The Evolution of Genetic Fantasy
- 3. The Cultural Determinism of Genetic Realism
- 4. Serpent Women, Prophets, and Satire in Genetic Metafiction
- 5. The Predisposed Agency of Genetics and Fiction
- Coda: Arrival
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index