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Our Transgenic Future
Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature
Taschenbuch von Lisa Jean Moore
Sprache: Englisch

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"Genetic modification, especially in regards to the creation of transgenic animals, has long been a source of controversy, fear, and fascination. Our Transgenic Future explores the creation, the ethical ramifications, and the symbolic resonances of one particular transgenic invention: a goat that creates spider silk. Lisa Jean Moore's new work draws from years of ethnographic research as well as her personal experiences with genetic engineering in the form of reproduction through artificial insemination. Her book provides an in depth look at the birth of the spider goat, chronicling its creation chapter by chapter. However, the animal is constantly connected to a variety of larger themes, including humanity's reciprocal interaction with nature, the figure of the "mad scientist," and the experience of aging and obsolescence"--
"Genetic modification, especially in regards to the creation of transgenic animals, has long been a source of controversy, fear, and fascination. Our Transgenic Future explores the creation, the ethical ramifications, and the symbolic resonances of one particular transgenic invention: a goat that creates spider silk. Lisa Jean Moore's new work draws from years of ethnographic research as well as her personal experiences with genetic engineering in the form of reproduction through artificial insemination. Her book provides an in depth look at the birth of the spider goat, chronicling its creation chapter by chapter. However, the animal is constantly connected to a variety of larger themes, including humanity's reciprocal interaction with nature, the figure of the "mad scientist," and the experience of aging and obsolescence"--
Über den Autor
Lisa Jean Moore is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is the author of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid, Catch & Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab, Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification and the Will to Change Nature as well as the co-author of Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility and Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee. She is also co-editor of The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Gentechnologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781479814411
ISBN-10: 1479814415
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moore, Lisa Jean
Hersteller: New York University Press
Maße: 151 x 229 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Lisa Jean Moore
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,364 kg
Artikel-ID: 120733773
Über den Autor
Lisa Jean Moore is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is the author of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid, Catch & Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab, Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification and the Will to Change Nature as well as the co-author of Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility and Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee. She is also co-editor of The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Gentechnologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781479814411
ISBN-10: 1479814415
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moore, Lisa Jean
Hersteller: New York University Press
Maße: 151 x 229 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Lisa Jean Moore
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,364 kg
Artikel-ID: 120733773
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