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Genetics seems more popular then ever. DNA technology not only sustains large areas of biomedicine and business, but also prevails in social and legal practices and takes root in cultural products. Since the late 1950s, the public image of genetics metamorphosed from a suspect branch of research into a thriving, well-funded field of biomedicine. Images and imaginations have played a crucial role in the popularization of genetic knowledge. The media played up images of engineered bugs, scientists promoted images of selfish genes and science fiction writers infested the imagination with stories of cloned monsters. Imag e nation examines the role of science, journalism and fiction in the popularization of genetics.
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'...stimulating and helpful.' - Jon Turvey, Public Understanding of Science
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Ms Jose Van Dijck
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Book Title: Imagenation
Book Subtitle: Popular Images of Genetics
Authors: José Dijck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230372665
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-64952-7Due: 23 February 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37266-5Published: 31 January 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 235
Topics: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Culture, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Biochemistry, general