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 InfoUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Description260 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAnthropoScene: 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021001806
ISBN9780271089782 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)

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