Posthuman Biopolitics [[electronic resource] ] : The Science Fiction of Joan Slonczewski / / edited by Bruce Clarke

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2020.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 187 pages)
• Disciplina: 822.33
• Soggetto topico: Literature, Modern—20th century; Literature, Modern—21st century; Fiction; America—Literatures; Technology in literature; Bioethics; Film genres; Contemporary Literature; North American Literature; Literature and Technology/Media; Genre
• Persona (resp. second.): ClarkeBruce
• Nota di contenuto: 1. An Interview with Joan Slonczewski -- 2. Posthuman Narration in the Elysium Cycle, Bruce Clarke -- 3. A Door into Ocean as a Model for Feminist Science, Chrisy Tidwell -- 4. “Then Came Pantropy”: Grotesque Bodies, Multispecies Flourishing, and Human-Animal Relationships in A Door Into Ocean, Chris Pak -- 5. Bodies That Remember: History and Age in The Children Star and Brain Plague, Derek J. Thiess -- 6. Microbial Life and Posthuman Ethics from The Children Star to The Highest Frontier, Sherryl Vint -- 7. The Future at Stake: Modes of Speculation in The Highest Frontier and Microbiology: An Evolving Science, Colin Milburn -- 8. Wisdom is an Odd Number: Community and the Anthropocene in The Highest Frontier, Alexa T. Dodd. .
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents the first collection of essays dedicated to the science fiction of microbiologist Joan Slonczewski. Posthuman Biopolitics consolidates the scholarly literature on Slonczewski’s fiction and demonstrates fruitful lines of engagement for the critical, cultural, and theoretical treatment of her characters, plots, and storyworlds. Her novels treat feminism in relation to scientific practice, resistance to domination, pacifism versus militarism, the extension of human rights to nonhuman and posthuman actors, biopolitics and posthuman ethics, and symbiosis and communication across planetary scales. Posthuman Biopolitics explores the breadth and depth of Joan Slonczewski’s vision, uncovering the reflective ethical practice that informs her science fiction.
• Titolo autorizzato: Posthuman Biopolitics
• ISBN: 3-030-36486-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910483259003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture