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Dorothy Nelkin was born on July 30, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of Henry and Helen Wolfers. She had a sister. Nelkin was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
In 1954 Dorothy Nelkin received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University.
(This book places the controversy between creationists and...)
This book places the controversy between creationists and evolutionists, as a group of religious fundamentalists who defined themselves as scientists have challenged the most basic assumptions of contemporary biology.
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1982
(Broadly based antinuclear movements made their voices hea...)
Broadly based antinuclear movements made their voices heard in both France and Germany in recent years. In France, the movement had virtually no effect. In Germany, it imposed a moratorium on nuclear power development. This study of the social and political differences between the two countries explains why.
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1982
(Workers at Risk is a powerful and moving documentary of w...)
Workers at Risk is a powerful and moving documentary of workers routinely exposed to toxic chemicals. Products and services we all depend on - glass bottles, computers, processed foods and fresh flowers, dry cleaning, medicines, even sculpture, and silkscreened toys - are produced by workers in constant contact with more than 63,000 commercial chemicals. For many of them, the risk of death is a way of life.
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1984
(Risk in the workplace - occupational health - is an incre...)
Risk in the workplace - occupational health - is an increasingly visible and complex issue. Evaluating and managing workplace risks involves not only labour and management but also scientists, physicians, journalists, administrators, and policy analysts. The authors approach these diverse perspectives and political strategies by examining the ′discourse′ of risk disputes. The result is a conflict model of risk that takes into account the many participants and issues that inform the risk assessment process.
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Risk-Conflicting-Perspectives-Occupational/dp/0803924666
1985
(This text discusses how media cover science and technolog...)
This text discusses how media cover science and technology. This revised edition replaces cases with current ones. It features a revised analysis to reflect recent changes in the way science is reported, with more attention paid to coverage of scientific fraud, the split between the highly critical and promotional treatment of science, and the increased role of scientists in the media. The book also includes more coverage of television reporting of science.
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1987
(Dangerous Diagnostics is a powerful study of the pervasiv...)
Dangerous Diagnostics is a powerful study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize, and ultimately control individuals. Nelkin and Tancredi explore the ethical, social, and legal implications of cutting-edge technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination in the name of standardized, objective measurements. They caution against the creation of an underclass deemed unemployable, untrainable, or uninsurable by such diagnostic tests.
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1989
(The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epide...)
The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a "disease of society," which is challenging and changing society profoundly. Numerous books on AIDS have looked at the ways in which our social institutions, norms, and values have determined how the disease has been dealt with, but this book examines the ways in which AIDS is, in turn, changing our social institutions, norms, and values. Eleven chapters explore the impact of AIDS on the arts and popular entertainment, the effects of the disease on our concept of family, on government and legal institutions and on the health services, and the ways in which AIDS is forcing society to come to terms with longstanding tensions between community values and individual rights. The authors are drawn from a broad range of disciplines, bringing to the book the insights of sociology, law, public health, philosophy, political science, psychology, journalism, and medicine. This book provides the first assessment of the impact of AIDS on American life from such a diverse set of perspectives, and it will be of interest to anyone concerned with the effect of the disease on our society. Earlier versions of some of these articles have appeared in The Milbank Quarterly and have since been substantially revised.
https://www.amazon.com/Disease-Society-Cultural-Institutional-Responses/dp/0521404118/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=A+Disease+of+Society%3A+The+Cultural+Response+to+AIDS&qid=1602245110&s=books&sr=1-1
1991
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This history and analysis of the animal rights movement chronicles its development from associations of kindly pet-lovers to groups of ruthless activists.
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1992
(The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly r...)
The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly rich source of imagery and ideas for visual artists. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary painting and sculpture, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age explores the moral and bioethical questions these works address. What does it mean to be human? What is "identity" in a society of genetically manipulated individuals? Questions like these are growing louder as genetic technology advances and the public examines the ethical consequences more widely. Suzanne Anker and Dorothy Nelkin, an artist and a social scientist, have written a thought-provoking and visually fascinating book for scientists, artists, students, and general readers intrigued by the anxiety and exhilaration of the genetic age.
https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Gaze-Genetic-Laboratory-Genomics/dp/0879696974/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Molecular+Gaze&qid=1602245214&s=books&sr=1-1
2003
Dorothy Nelkin was born on July 30, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of Henry and Helen Wolfers. She had a sister. Nelkin was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts.
In 1954 Dorothy Nelkin received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University.
From 1963 to 1969 Dorothy Nelkin was a research associate at Cornell University, a senior research associate from 1970 to 1972, an associate professor from 1972 to 1976, and a professor from 1976 to 1990. Since 1970, she devoted her attention to the relation between science and society, which she chronicled through a series of studies, many of which turned into important books. In 1990 she accepted a post as a university professor of sociology and an affiliated professor of law at New York University.
As well as books on nuclear power protests, she wrote or co-wrote volumes on creationism, animal rights, occupational health, and risk. She had a keen eye for under-researched issues and produced a notable early study of intellectual property in science and an influential study of science and the media, Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology (1987).
More recently, Nelkin focused on the life sciences, finding that it was developments in bioscience and biotechnology that most often created tensions between scientific advances and established social values. This work yielded three important books. Dangerous Diagnostics: The Social Power of Biological Information (1989, with Lawrence Tancredi) charted the rise of a culture of testing, including genetic testing, which located the source of problems in the individual, and downplayed social causes and solutions. The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon (1995, with Susan Lindee) reviewed the many manifestations of "gene talk" in contemporary media, and suggested that molecular genetics went along with new-found popularity for genetic determinism. The Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age (2001, with Lori Andrews) examined the complexities arising from the commodification of human tissue.
(This book places the controversy between creationists and...)
1982(Dangerous Diagnostics is a powerful study of the pervasiv...)
1989(This history and analysis of the animal rights movement c...)
1992(The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly r...)
2003(Broadly based antinuclear movements made their voices hea...)
1982(Workers at Risk is a powerful and moving documentary of w...)
1984(Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the...)
1995(Risk in the workplace - occupational health - is an incre...)
1985(The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epide...)
1991(This text discusses how media cover science and technolog...)
1987Much of Dorothy Nelkin's work focused on the friction between science and technology and the public. In the early years, she might have looked at how the location for a nuclear plant was chosen or workers' attitudes toward their safety Over the past decade, though, her focus narrowed on DNA breakthroughs and their effect on the public. She recently began exploring the aesthetic of DNA, and its increasing depiction in art and popular culture.
On August 31, 1952, Dorothy Nelkin married Mark Nelkin. They have a daughter, Lisa.