How the Gene Got Its Groove: Figurative Language, Science, and the Rhetoric of the Real
Author:   Elizabeth Parthenia Shea
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   New ed.
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9780791474259


Pages:   146
Publication Date:   17 April 2008
Format:   Hardback
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How the Gene Got Its Groove: Figurative Language, Science, and the Rhetoric of the Real


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Author:   Elizabeth Parthenia Shea
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   New ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780791474259


ISBN 10:   0791474259
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   17 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GENETIC ORIGIN STORIES 3. PRESCRIBING RHETORICAL WORK: GENETIC THEORIES, GEMMULES, AND GENES 4. GENES ON MAIN STREET 5. GENES, FIGURES, THINGS, OBJECTS 6. FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING: GENES, SEXUALITY, AND THE AUTHORITY OF SCIENCE 7. GENOME: THE SECRET OF HOW TROPES WORK IN THE LIFE SCIENCES NOTES REFERENCES INDEX

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This book addresses a significant topic that cuts across English, communication studies, and cultural studies. The author's treatment of the gene-as-object in contemporary culture adds a significant dimension to the understanding of how genetic imagery is materially present in popular contexts. - John Lyne, University of Pittsburgh The book is consistent with postmodern views of language and semantics, which hold that words are not precise signifiers. This is an important message that rhetoricians need to continue conveying, especially about scientific language. - Ken Baake, author of Metaphor and Knowledge: The Challenges of Writing Science


Author Information

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

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