The not-so-distant future: Composition studies in the culture of biotechnology

Computers and Composition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-145

  Sidler, Michelle ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biotechnology; Cyborg; Genetic code; Human genome; Identity politics; Information technology; Rhetoric of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344467240     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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