Editing the soul : science and fiction in the genome age / Everett Hamner.
By: Hamner, Everett [author.].
Series: AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series.Publisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2017Description: 264 p: illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780271079325 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780271079332 (softcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Genetic engineering in literature | Cloning in literature | Science fiction -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | PN3433.6 .H364 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015901 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Introduction : regenesis -- Genetics as science, ideology, and fiction -- The evolution of genetic fantasy -- The cultural determinism of genetic realism -- Serpent women, prophets, and satire in genetic metafiction -- The predisposed agency of genetics and fiction -- Coda : arrival.
"An interdisciplinary exploration of how genetic engineering is transforming our narratives about the core of human personhood, and how those narratives are shaping official policies"--Provided by publisher.