The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon

by M. Susan Lindee and Dorothy Nelkin

Book Overview

"The DNA Mystique is a wake-up call to all who would dismiss America's love affair with 'the gene' as a merely eccentric obsession."
--In These Times

"Nelkin and Lindee are to be warmly congratulated for opening up this intriguing field [of genetics in popular culture] to further study."
--Nature

The DNA Mystique suggests that the gene in popular culture draws on scientific ideas but is not constrained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472030043
• ISBN13: 9780472030040
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"