Under the literary microscope science and society in the contemporary novel / edited by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes.
| Other author | Farzin, Sina. |
| Other author | Gaines, Susan M. |
| Other author | Haynes, Roslynn D. (Roslynn Doris), 1940- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] |
| Description | 260 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series AnthropoScene. ^A1384728 |
| Contents | 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 Mar©Ưa Hern©Łndez Nieto -- Between mad and mundane : mixed stereotypical and realistic portrayals of science in contemporary fiction media / Luiz Mar©Ưa Hern©Łndez 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 F©ơcker, Anna Auguscik, Anton Kirchhofer, and Uwe Schimank. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021001806 |
| ISBN | 9780271089782 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |