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Under the Literary Microscope : Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel / / edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes
| Under the Literary Microscope : Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel / / edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania, : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 809.3/936 |
| Collana | AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Science in literature
Science fiction Essays Science fiction - History and criticism Science in literature - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 0-271-09011-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794562503321 |
| University Park, Pennsylvania, : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Under the Literary Microscope : Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel / / edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes
| Under the Literary Microscope : Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel / / edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania, : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 809.3/936 |
| Collana | AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Science in literature
Science fiction Essays Science fiction - History and criticism Science in literature - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 0-271-09011-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809478703321 |
| University Park, Pennsylvania, : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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