Television and the Genetic Imaginary (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book examines the complex ways in which television articulates ideas about DNA in the early 21st century. Considering television's distinct aesthetic and narrative forms, as well as its specific cultural roles, it identifies TV as a key site for the genetic imaginary. The book addresses the key themes of complexity and kinship, which function as nodes around which older essentialist notions about the human genome clash with newly emergent post-genomic sensibilities. Analysing a wide range of US and UK programmes, from science documentaries, science fiction serials and crime procedurals, to family history programmes, sitcoms and reality shows, Television and the Genetic Imaginary illustrates the extent to which molecular frameworks of understanding now permeate popular culture.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Sofia Bull
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-54846-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Promotions
LSN:	1-137-54846-0
Barcode:	9781137548467

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