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9780791474266

How the Gene Got Its Groove: Figurative Language, Science, and the Rhetoric of the Real

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    9780791474266

  • ISBN10:

    0791474267

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and non-scientific discourse throughout the twentieth sentury.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Parthenia Shea is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Genetic Origin Storiesp. 15
Prescribing Rhetorical Work: Genetic Theories, Gemmules, and Genesp. 29
Genes on Main Streetp. 49
Genes, Figures, Things, Objectsp. 65
Figuratively Speaking: Genes, Sexuality, and the Authority of Sciencep. 81
Genome: The Secret of How Tropes Work in the Life Sciencesp. 105
Notesp. 125
Referencesp. 129
Indexp. 135
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