Editing the soul : science and fiction in the genome age /

An interdisciplinary exploration of how genetic engineering is transforming our narratives about the core of human personhood, and how those narratives are shaping official policies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamner, Everett, 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017].
Series:	AnthropoScene.
Subjects:	Genetic engineering in literature. Cloning in literature. Science fiction > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : regenesis
Genetics as science, ideology, and fiction
The evolution of genetic fantasy
The cultural determinism of genetic realism
Serpent women, prophets, and satire in genetic metafiction
The predisposed agency of genetics and fiction
Coda : arrival.