Overview

This volume presents the first collection of essays dedicated to the science fiction of microbiologist Joan Slonczewski. Posthuman Biopolitics consolidates the scholarly literature on Slonczewski’s fiction and demonstrates fruitful lines of engagement for the critical, cultural, and theoretical treatment of her characters, plots, and storyworlds. Her novels treat feminism in relation to scientific practice, resistance to domination, pacifism versus militarism, the extension of human rights to nonhuman and posthuman actors, biopolitics and posthuman ethics, and symbiosis and communication across planetary scales. Posthuman Biopolitics explores the breadth and depth of Joan Slonczewski’s vision, uncovering the reflective ethical practice that informs her science fiction.

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Author:   Bruce Clarke
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030364854

ISBN 10:   3030364852
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   21 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. An Interview with Joan Slonczewski.- 2. Posthuman Narration in the Elysium Cycle, Bruce Clarke.- 3. A Door into Ocean as a Model for Feminist Science, Chrisy Tidwell.- 4. “Then Came Pantropy”: Grotesque Bodies, Multispecies Flourishing, and Human-Animal Relationships in A Door Into Ocean, Chris Pak.- 5. Bodies That Remember: History and Age in The Children Star and Brain Plague, Derek J. Thiess.- 6. Microbial Life and Posthuman Ethics from The Children Star to The Highest Frontier, Sherryl Vint.- 7. The Future at Stake: Modes of Speculation in The Highest Frontier and Microbiology: An Evolving Science, Colin Milburn.- 8. Wisdom is an Odd Number: Community and the Anthropocene in The Highest Frontier, Alexa T. Dodd. ​

Reviews

“Collectively, these essays provide a marvelous starting point for the continued exploration of the significant work of Joan Slonczewski … . The fiction of Joan Slonczewski … merits continued academic study as well as incorporation into undergraduate and graduate courses. Posthuman Biopolitics is an excellent collection. It should be in every academic library … .” (Bruce Lindsley Rockwood, SFRA Review, Vol. 52 (1), 2022)

Collectively, these essays provide a marvelous starting point for the continued exploration of the significant work of Joan Slonczewski ... . The fiction of Joan Slonczewski ... merits continued academic study as well as incorporation into undergraduate and graduate courses. Posthuman Biopolitics is an excellent collection. It should be in every academic library ... . (Bruce Lindsley Rockwood, SFRA Review, Vol. 52 (1), 2022)

Author Information

Bruce Clarke is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Literature and Science in the Department of English at Texas Tech University, USA. His books include Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene (2020) and Neocybernetics and Narrative (2014). With Manuela Rossini, Clarke also co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Posthuman (2017).

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