Genetic nature/culture [electronic resource] : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee.
The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to co...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and instructs even as it bridges the science/culture divide. |
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| Item Description: | Papers presented at a Wenner-Gren Foundation international symposium, held June 11-19, 1999 in Teresopolis, Brazil. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520929975 0520929977 0585456348 9780585456348 1597346314 9781597346313 9786612357107 661235710X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |