Article ID: CBB573660616

Genetic Romanticism—Constructing the Corpus in Finnish Folklore and Rare Diseases (2016)

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The role that national epic poetry has played in romantic nationalism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is well documented. The role that the new genetics has played in such processes, however, is less well known and understood as a form of writing national narratives of origin. This article compares and contrasts the work of two doctors in Finland, Elias Lönnrot and Reijo Norio, working over a century and a half apart, to examine the ways in which they have contributed to the formation of national identity and unity. The notion of genetic romanticism is introduced as a term to complement the notion of national romanticism that has been used to describe the ways in which nineteenth-century scholars sought to create and deploy common traditions for national-romantic purposes. Unlike national romanticism, however, strategies of genetic romanticism rely on the study of genetic inheritance as a way to unify populations within politically and geographically bounded areas. Thus, new genetics have contributed to the development of genetic romanticisms, whereby populations (human, plant, and animal) can be delineated and mobilized through scientific and medical practices to represent “natural” historico-political entities in comparison to the use of art and literature during the national romantic period. [End Page 121]

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Authors & Contributors
Dickson, Melissa
Tsay, Alice
Schlicht, Laurens
Blayney, Steffan
Myllykangas, Mikko
Alessandro Rosa
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Genetics
Medicine
Romanticism
Evolution
Medicine and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Finland
United States
Ethiopia
Prussia (Germany)
Poland
Germany
Institutions
Johns Hopkins University
Helsingin yliopisto (Finland)
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