10%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Cinematic Life of the Gene
Jackie Stacey
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Cinematic Life of the Gene
Paperback. A leading feminist film theorist argues that the cinema animates the tropes of and enacts our fears about cloning and other kinds of genetic engineering. Num Pages: 344 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
What might the cinema tell us about how and why the prospect of cloning disturbs our most profound ideas about gender, sexuality, difference, and the body? In The Cinematic Life of the Gene, the pioneering feminist film theorist Jackie Stacey argues that as a cultural technology of imitation, cinema is uniquely situated to help us theorize the genetic imaginary, the constellation of fantasies that genetic engineering provokes. Since the mid-1990s there has been remarkable innovation in genetic engineering and a proliferation of films structured by anxieties about the changing meanings of biological and cultural reproduction. Bringing analyses of ... Read more
What might the cinema tell us about how and why the prospect of cloning disturbs our most profound ideas about gender, sexuality, difference, and the body? In The Cinematic Life of the Gene, the pioneering feminist film theorist Jackie Stacey argues that as a cultural technology of imitation, cinema is uniquely situated to help us theorize the genetic imaginary, the constellation of fantasies that genetic engineering provokes. Since the mid-1990s there has been remarkable innovation in genetic engineering and a proliferation of films structured by anxieties about the changing meanings of biological and cultural reproduction. Bringing analyses of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822345077
SKU
V9780822345077
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jackie Stacey
Jackie Stacey is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Star Gazing: Female Spectators and Hollywood Cinema and Teratologies: A Cultural Study of Cancer; co-author of Global Nature, Global Culture; and co-editor of several books, including Queer Screen: A Screen Reader, Thinking through Skin, and Romance Revisited. Stacey is an editor ... Read more
Reviews for The Cinematic Life of the Gene
The book is extremely interesting and thought provoking. . . . Femspec readers will find the discussions of cloning, biomimicry, and genetic engineering that exist in these science fiction films fascinating, not just because the films themselves are interesting and entertaining, but also because of the insight one draws from cinematic patterns regarding the body. . . .
... Read more
... Read more