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Cultural Studies

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Strange Science

Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age

By Lara Pauline Karpenko & Shalyn Rae Claggett
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies, History, Intellectual History

A fascinating look at scientific inquiry during the Victorian period and the shifting boundary between mainstream and unorthodox sciences of the time

The DNA Mystique

The Gene as a Cultural Icon

By Dorothy Nelkin & M. Susan Lindee
Subjects: Health & Medicine, Literary Studies, Literature and Science, History, Cultural Studies
Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society

Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture

Mapping Michel Serres

By Niran Abbas
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, European Literature, Cultural Studies, Philosophy
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

International scholars shed new light on the work of renowned French philosopher Michel Serres

Power and Knowledge

Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire

By Tamsyn Barton
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Offers insight into the relationship between knowledge and power in ancient times--and science and politics in our own

The Knowable and the Unknowable

Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought, and the "Two Cultures"

By Arkady Plotnitsky
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies, Education, Higher Education
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

A welcome intervention in the science vs. humanities debate

Dripping Dry

Literature, Politics and Water in the Desert Southwest

By David Nathan Cassuto
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, American Literature, Cultural Studies, Nature/Environment, Natural Resources
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

Explores the convergences of U.S. water policy and the literature of the American West

Embodying Technesis

Technology beyond Writing

By Mark B.N. Hansen
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Philosophy
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

Presents a radical revision of our understanding of the technological

Of Two Minds

Hypertext Pedagogy and Poetics

By Michael Thomas Joyce
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media, Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies, Composition
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

An acclaimed hypertext novelist's reflections on art and technology, nonlinearity, and the creative process

The Artificial Paradise

Science Fiction and American Reality

By Sharona E. Ben-Tov
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, American Literature
Series: Studies in Literature and Science

Why do Americans find it appealing to create and live in artificial worlds--whether in space, at Disneyland, in computer networks, or in our own minds?

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