The Cinematic Life of the Gene /

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Cultural study of how genetic engineering & genomics have influenced cultural conceptions of the human body as evidenced in contemporary films.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stacey, Jackie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science fiction Film > Motiv > Genetik.
Film > Motiv > Genetik.
Genetik > Motiv > Science fiction Film.
Genetik > Motiv > Film.
Gentechnologie
Filmästhetik
Science fiction films.
Mass media and culture.
Genetic engineering in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Medias et culture.
Films de science-fiction > Histoire et critique.
Films de science-fiction > Aspect social.
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Science fiction films > Social aspects.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The hell of the same : cloning, Baudrillard, and the queering of biology
  • She is not herself : the deviant relations of Alien : resurrection
  • Screening the gene : femininity as code in Species
  • Cloning as biomimicry
  • Genetic impersonation and the improvisation of kinship : Gattaca's queer visions
  • The uncanny architectures of intimacy in Code 46
  • Cut-and-paste bodies : the shock of genetic simulation
  • Leading across the in-between : transductive cinema in Teknolust
  • Enacting the gene : the animation of science in Genetic admiration.

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