The DNA Mystique

The DNA Mystique
Author: Dorothy Nelkin
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0472025074

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"The DNA Mystique is a wake-up call to all who would dismiss America's love affair with 'the gene' as a merely eccentric obsession." --In These Times "Nelkin and Lindee are to be warmly congratulated for opening up this intriguing field [of genetics in popular culture] to further study." --Nature The DNA Mystique suggests that the gene in popular culture draws on scientific ideas but is not constrained by the technical definition of the gene as a section of DNA that codes for a protein. In highlighting DNA as it appears in soap operas, comic books, advertising, and other expressions of mass culture, the authors propose that these domains provide critical insights into science itself. With a new introduction and conclusion, this edition will continue to be an engaging, accessible, and provocative text for the sociology, anthropology, and bioethics classroom, as well as stimulating reading for those generally interested in science and culture.

The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique
Author: Betty Friedan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2001-09-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393322572

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The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world. Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations, which still remain fresh, ever since. A national bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold.

Mystique

Mystique
Author: Amanda Quick
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2009-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307575675

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A tantalizing tale of a legendary knight and a headstrong lady whose daring quest for a mysterious crystal will draw them into a whirlwind of treachery–and desire. When the fearsome knight called Hugh the Relentless swept into Lingwood Manor like a storm, everyone cowered–except Lady Alice. Sharp-tongued and unrepentant, the flame haired beauty believed Sir Hugh was not someone to dread but the answer to her dreams. She knew he had come for the dazzling green crystal, knew he would be displeased to find that it was no longer in her possession. Yet Alice had a proposition for the dark and forbidding knight: In return for a dowry that would free Alice and her brother from their uncle's grasp, she would lend her powers of detection to his warrior's skills and together they would recover his treasured stone. But even as Hugh accepted her terms, he added a condition of his own: Lady Alice must agree to a temporary betrothal–one that would soon draw her deep into Hugh's great stone fortress, and into a battle that could threaten their lives...and their only chance at love.

The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique
Author: Betty Friedan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2013-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0393063798

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A fiftieth anniversary edition of the trailblazing women's reference shares anecdotes and interviews that were originally collected in the early 1960s to inspire women to develop their intellectual capabilities and reclaim lives beyond period conventions.

The China Mystique

The China Mystique
Author: Karen J. Leong
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-07-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0520244230

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Focusing on three women, Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong & Mayling Soong, this book studies the shifting images of China in American culture, particularly during the 1930s & 40s.

The Southern Mystique

The Southern Mystique
Author: Howard Zinn
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2012-06-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1456611097

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Howard Zinn examines the politics of the South and his own experiences there. The South has long been surrounded in mystique. In this powerful volume, drawing on Zinn's own experiences teaching in the South and working within the Southern civil rights movement, Zinn challenges the stereotypes surrounding the South, race relations, and how change happens in history. With a new introduction from the author.

Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals

Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Author: Christopher M. Reali
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2022-07-19
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0252053516

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A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artists trekked to FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound in search of the sound of authentic southern Black music—and at times expressed shock at the mostly white studio musicians waiting to play it for them. Others hoped to draw on the hitmaking production process that defined the scene. Reali also chronicles the overlooked history of Muscle Shoals's impact on country music and describes the region's recent transformation into a tourism destination. Multifaceted and informed, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals reveals the people, place, and events behind one of the most legendary recording scenes in American history.

Mystique

Mystique
Author: Brian K. Vaughan
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9780785112402

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Mystique - the sultry mutant shapeshifter, who has stood against the X-Men in battle after battle, is offered the chance at a new life when Professor X recruits her to complete a dangerous mission in Cuba. Can this former mutant-rights terrorist - who can disguise herself as anyone on the planet - be trusted? In this story of international intrigue and redemption, the sexy Mystique may surprise everyone, including herself.

Gene Of Isis

Gene Of Isis
Author: Traci Harding
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0730444341

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the spellbinding new trilogy from the author of the bestselling Ancient Future. Mia Montrose is a 21st-century Australian woman with a Doctorate in Ancient Languages who has just scored the most promising job of her career.When Mia experiences mysterious happenings and forces beyond her control, she begins to understand that history does not always stay in the past.Ashlee Granville is a 19th-century clairvoyant, forced to suppress her talents as she enters the marriage market of English upper-class society. But Ashlee is not a girl who likes to bow to the inevitable - she has plans of her own.Lillet du Lac is a 13th-century woman, priestess of an ancient order now protected by the Cathar faith, who are making their last stand against the Roman Catholic Franks at the giant hill fort of Montsegur. As the castle falls, Lillet escapes with something more valuable than any of their lives ... Despite the time, distance and cultures that separate them, these women have several things in common. they belong to an ancient bloodline of Grail kings, protected by a Sion knight named Albray, and they are each compelled to visit an ancient mountain in the Sinai. this mountain contains the keys which may unlock a gateway to a dimension of light and the Gene of Isis.

The Mystique Chronicles

The Mystique Chronicles
Author: Tina Taylor
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496951034

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From beyond the boundaries of infinity and the vastness of immortal consciousness, a prophecy had been conceived within the majestic expanse of the unbound universe. As a result, the Mystique have sprung from the womb of Mother Earth like the phoenix rising up from the still burning embers of "The Desert of Reality." Upon the death of his beloved Cortessa, Demonno was literally drove beyond the brink of insanity, and throughout the ageless millenniums, he had taken it upon himself to single-handedly wipe his own species off the face of the planet. Violet, nearly the last living Mystique in existence, has finally come upon the end of her inevitable journey. Despite the destruction of her species, bitter betrayals, and malignant diversities, Violet has still managed to fulfill a prophecy that is perhaps as ancient as the universe herself. Violet must ultimately pass Samantha Jean Doven--the mothering host of a new breed of Mystique--the proverbial scepter to continue the self-sacrificing journey that she cannot continue. However, in the aftermath of Demonno's reign of terror, he continues his contaminated trail of destruction and will stop at absolutely nothing to finish what he has started and destroy all Mystiques, along with anything or anyone, who is unfortunate enough to cross his path. Samantha must stop this insane beast of hatred and rage and save humankind not only from themselves but Demonno as well. Samantha must find the strength within to carry the Mystique and humankind alike into a new age and a new millennium, because a new time and existence is about to begin. What is life? Life is the decisions we choose to make woven among our destiny and, in the end, all is as it should be.