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Atavistic tendencies : the culture of science in American modernity /
The post-Darwinian theory of atavism forecasted obstacles to human progress in the reappearance of throwback physical or cultural traits after several generations of absence. In this original and stimulating work, Dana Seitler explores the ways in which modernity itself is an atavism, shaping a hist...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Freud's menagerie: our atavistic sense of self
- Late modern morphologies: scientific empiricism and photographic representation
- "Wolf-wolf!"; narrating the science of desire
- Atavistic time: Tarzan, Dr. Fu Manchu, and the serial dime novel
- Unnatural selection: mothers, eugenic feminism, and regeneration narratives
- An atavistic embrace: ape, gorilla, wolf, man.