04881oam 22006734a 450 991079456250332120230721191444.00-271-09011-110.1515/9780271090139(CKB)4100000011922726(OCoLC)1250070778(MdBmJHUP)muse98652(MiAaPQ)EBC6605481(Au-PeEL)EBL6605481(DE-B1597)589079(DE-B1597)9780271090139(PPN)263191370(EXLCZ)99410000001192272620210126d2021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnder the Literary MicroscopeScience and Society in the Contemporary Novel /edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. HaynesUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaThe Pennsylvania State University Press[2021]©[2021]1 online resourceAnthropoScene: the SLSA book seriesIncludes bibliographical references and index.0-271-08978-4 0-271-09013-8 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction Science Under the Literary Microscope --Part 1 Background and Context --1 Science and Society in Recent Fiction --2 From Individual to Collective Knowledge Production: A Brief Nonfiction History --3 Between Mad and Mundane: Mixed Stereotypical and Realistic Portrayals of Science in Contemporary Fiction Media --Part 2 Embedded Science Societal Impacts on Scientific Work and Knowledge --4 Scientists at Risk --5 Speculative Fiction and the Significance of Plausibility: Dystopian Science in the Critical Response to Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake --6 When the Scientist Is a Woman: Novels and Feminist Science Studies --7 Economization of Science: Insights from Science Novels --Part 3 Cause and Effect? Science and Its Societal Outcomes --8 The Science Fiction of Technological Modernity: Images of Science in Recent Science Fiction --9 Unruly Creatures, Obstinate Things: Bio- Objects and Scientific Knowledge Production in Contemporary Science Fiction --10 A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups --Contributors --Index"A collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation and the socioeconomic and political spheres"Science and society in recent fiction / Natalie Roxburgh and Jay Clayton -- From individual to collective knowledge production : a brief nonfiction history / Peter Weingart and Luiz María Hernández Nieto -- Between mad and mundane : mixed stereotypical and realistic portrayals of science in contemporary fiction media / Luiz María Hernández Nieto and Peter Weingart -- Scientists at risk / Roslynn D. Haynes and Raymond Haynes -- Speculative fiction and the significance of plausibility : dystopian science in the critical response to Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake / Anna Auguscik, Sina Farzin, Emanuel Herold, and Anton Kirchhofer -- When the scientist is a woman : novels and feminist science studies / Carol Colatrella -- Economization of science : insights from science novels / Uwe Schimank -- The science fiction of technological modernity : images of science in recent science fiction / Sherryl Vint -- Unruly creatures, obstinate things : bio-objects and scientific knowledge production in contemporary science fiction / Karin Hoepker and Antje Kley -- A fictional risk narrative and its potential for social resonance : reception of Barbara Kingsolver's Flight behavior in reviews and reading groups / Sonja Fücker, Anna Auguscik, Anton Kirchhofer, and Uwe Schimank.AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book SeriesScience in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01108731Science fictionfast(OCoLC)fst01108566EssaysScience fictionHistory and criticismScience in literatureSocial aspectsScience in literatureCriticism, interpretation, etc.Science in literature.Science fiction.Essays.Science fictionHistory and criticism.Science in literatureSocial aspects.Science in literature.809.3/936Haynes Roslynn D1940-edtGaines Susan MedtFarzin SinaedtMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910794562503321Under the Literary Microscope3684228UNINA