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Reading in the Postgenomic Age

- Race, Discipline, and Bionarrativity in Contemporary North American Literature

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  • Engelsk
  • 264 sider

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In Reading in the Postgenomic Age, Lesley Larkin analyzes how writers across literary genres have reckoned with the launch (in the early 1990s) and completion (in 2003) of the Human Genome Project and the ways it has fallen short of its promise to do away with spurious notions of race. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Ruth Ozeki, Rebecca Skloot, Gerald Vizenor, and others demonstrate that genomics is a premier terrain upon which race is being reinscribed and reimagined in both scientific and mainstream contexts. Through construction of alternate genealogies, invention of hybrids, and citation of the textual metaphors replete within genomic discourse, these writers have illuminated the ethical, cultural, social, and political ramifications of genomic research, attuning readers to postgenomic discourses of race and power. At the same time, Larkin contends that literature's engagement with genomics goes beyond its initial critique to comment self-reflexively on the practices and value of literary studies. Ultimately, she argues that contemporary writers outline a new ethical matrix for reading race in the postgenomic era--and rethinks literary criticism within this new paradigm.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal264
  • Udgivelsesdato16-04-2025
  • ISBN139780814215852
  • Forlag Ohio State University Press
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatHardback
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  • Vægt453 g
  • Dybde2,7 cm
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