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700669
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b522858
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Seitler, Dana
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Atavistic tendencies : : the culture of science in American modernity /\ Dana Seitler
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, c2008
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viii, 315 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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081665123X (hc : alk. paper)
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: 0816651248 (pb : alk. paper)
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: 9780816651238 (hc : alk. paper)
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: 9780816651245 (pb : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-283) and index
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| Contents
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Freud's menagerie: our atavistic sense of self -- Late modern morphologies: scientific empiricism and photographic representation -- "Wolf-wolf!"; narrating the science of desire -- Atavistic time: Tarzan, Dr. Fu Manchu, and the serial dime novel -- Unnatural selection: mothers, eugenic feminism, and regeneration narratives -- An atavistic embrace: ape, gorilla, wolf, man
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism
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American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism
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Atavism-- History-- 19th century
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Atavism-- History-- 20th century
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Biology-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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Biology-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Eugenics in literature
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Human reproduction in literature
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Science and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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Science and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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