Autore |
Gill Josie
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Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (208 pages)
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Disciplina |
823.92093529
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Collana |
Explorations in science and literature
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Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Race in literature
Science in literature
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Introduction 1. The Roots of African Eve: Science Writing on Human Origins and Alex Haley's Roots 2. Race, Genetic Ancestry Tracing and Facial Expression: "Focusing on the Faces" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go 3. "One Part Truth and Three Parts Fiction": Race, Science and Narrative in Zadie Smith's White Teeth 4. "The Sick Swollen Heart of This Land": Pharmacogenomics, Racial Medicine and Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt 5. Mutilation and Mutation: Epigenetics and Racist Environments in Octavia Butler's Kindred and Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420856403321 |