God--Or Gorilla

Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0776-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context

As scholars debate the most appropriate way to teach evolutionary theory, Constance Areson Clark provides an intriguing reflection on similar debates in the not-too-distant past. Set against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, God—or Gorilla explores the efforts of biologists to explain evolution to a confused and conflicted public during the 1920s.

Focusing on the use of images and popularization, Clark shows how scientists and anti-evolutionists deployed schematics, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and paintings to win the battle for public acceptance. She uses representative illustrations and popular media accounts of the struggle to reveal how concepts of evolutionary theory changed as they were presented to, and absorbed into, popular culture.

Engagingly written and deftly argued, God—or Gorilla offers original insights into the role of images in communicating—and miscommunicating—scientific ideas to the lay public.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Constance A.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Caveman and the Strenuous Life
2. The Museum in the Modern Babylon
3. Nineteen Twenty-two or Thereabouts
4. Saving the Phenomena
5. Unlikely Infidels
6. Stooping to Conquer, and a Hall Full of Elephants
7. The Pictures in Our Heads
8. Scientists and the Monkey Trial
9. Redeeming the Caveman, and the Irreverent Funny Pages
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, Constance A.
Constance Areson Clark is an associate professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.