Atavistic Tendencies : The Culture of Science in American Modernity /

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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...

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Main Author: Seitler, Dana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature and science
Human reproduction in literature
Eugenics in literature
Biology
Atavism
American literature
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Eugenisme.
Medecine dans la litterature.
Litterature et sciences > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature et sciences > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Biologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Biologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Reproduction humaine dans la litterature.
Eugenisme dans la litterature.
Atavisme > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Atavisme > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Science > history
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Heredity
Eugenics
Medicine in Literature
Eugenics.
Medicine in literature.
Literature and science > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > History > 20th century.
Biology > United States > History > 19th century.
Biology > United States > History > 20th century.
Human reproduction in literature.
Eugenics in literature.
Atavism > History > 19th century.
Atavism > History > 20th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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