More than Cold and Heartless: The Southern Gothic Milieu of True Blood

Ruddell, Caroline; Cherry, Brigid

doi:10.5040/9780755698653.0007

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“…For our third example, we draw on cult fiction surrounding the transformation of werewolves. Cult fiction requires a level of audience engagement outside the observations from the simple confines of their living rooms (Abbott 2010 ; Cherry 2012 ; Mellins 2012 ; Ruddell and Cherry 2012 ). Recent years have witnessed a rise in the integration of gothic themes coupled with scientific innovation (Abbott 2010 ; Crow 2009 ; Martin and Savoy 1998 ; Goddu 1997 ).…”

Section: Genetics Genomics and Society: Powerful Explanatory Narratimentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the post-genomic world: differing explanatory and manipulatory functions of post-genomic sciences

Holmes

Carlson

McDonald

et al. 2016

New Genetics and Society

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Richard Lewontin proposed that the ability of a scientific field to create a narrative for public understanding garners it social relevance. This article applies Lewontin's conceptual framework of the functions of science (manipulatory and explanatory) to compare and explain the current differences in perceived societal relevance of genetics/genomics and proteomics. We provide three examples to illustrate the social relevance and strong cultural narrative of genetics/genomics for which no counterpart exists for proteomics. We argue that the major difference between genetics/genomics and proteomics is that genomics has a strong explanatory function, due to the strong cultural narrative of heredity. Based on qualitative interviews and observations of proteomics conferences, we suggest that the nature of proteins, lack of public understanding, and theoretical complexity exacerbates this difference for proteomics. Lewontin's framework suggests that social scientists may find that omics sciences affect social relations in different ways than past analyses of genetics.

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Section: Genetics Genomics and Society: Powerful Explanatory Narratimentioning

confidence: 99%