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The poetics of DNA / Judith Roof.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Roof, Judith, 1951-
Series:
Posthumanities ; 2.
PostHumanities series ; v. 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
DNA.
Genetics--Social aspects.
Genetics.
Developmental genetics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In The Poetics of DNA, Judith Roof examines the rise of this powerful symbol and the implications of its ascendancy for the ways we thinkÑabout ourselves, about one another, and about the universe. A hyperbolized notion of DNA has become a vector, Roof argues, through which older ways of thinking can merge with the new, advancing long-discredited and insidious ideas.
Contents:
The epic acid
Genesis
Flesh made word
The homunculus and saturating tales
The ecstasies of pseudoscience
Rewriting history.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-5428-X
OCLC:
476124122

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