Elvis' DNA: the gene as a cultural icon. (Elvis Presley)(Cover Story)

From: The Humanist | Date: May 1, 1995| Author: Nelkin, Dorothy; Lindee, M. Susan | Copyright information

The cultural significance of interpreting human behavior and attitude according to the human genetic make-up is discussed. Several works are cited, from biographies to periodical articles on the subject.

In popular culture, Elvis Presley has become a genetic construct, driven by his genes to his unlikely destiny. In the 1985 biography Elvis and Gladys, for example, Elaine Dundy attributed Presley's success to the genetic characteristics of his mother's multiethnic family. "Genetic...

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