The DNA Mystique: The Gene As Cultural Icon
The DNA Mystique: The Gene As Cultural Icon
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DNAが文化的なアイコンとなっていることへの考察をさまざまな角度から取り上げている好著。DNAが、ある人の未来まで決定しているかのような決定論的な言説が広く行き渡っている。犯罪、社会問題、学業の不振、経済的な成功、性的な指向など、何事も遺伝子に関連させる傾向が根強い。映画、テレビ、報道、アート、漫画、広告で、科学と文化が交錯し、固定観念のようになっている。ジェンダーや人種などでも偏見の原因になったりし、新たな優生学のような危険な兆候を示していたりする。
A good book that addresses various aspects of the consideration of DNA as a cultural icon, the deterministic discourse that seems to be widely prevalent, as if DNA even determines a person's future. There is a persistent tendency to link everything to genes, including crime, social problems, academic failure, financial success, and sexual orientation. In movies, television, arts, news reports, cartoons, and advertisements, science and culture intersect and become stereotypes. Gender, race, and other factors can also cause prejudice and show dangerous signs, such as a new eugenics.
Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee
W H Freeman & Co
1995
22.7 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
276 pages
A good book that addresses various aspects of the consideration of DNA as a cultural icon, the deterministic discourse that seems to be widely prevalent, as if DNA even determines a person's future. There is a persistent tendency to link everything to genes, including crime, social problems, academic failure, financial success, and sexual orientation. In movies, television, arts, news reports, cartoons, and advertisements, science and culture intersect and become stereotypes. Gender, race, and other factors can also cause prejudice and show dangerous signs, such as a new eugenics.
Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee
W H Freeman & Co
1995
22.7 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
276 pages