Image from Google Jackets
Image from OpenLibrary

Biofictions

By: Material type: TextBloomsbury Academic 2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Race, Genetics and the Contemporary Novel
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: In this important interdisciplinary study, Josie Gill explores the ways in which the contemporary novel has drawn on and helped shape debates about race and identity in 21st century genetic science. Reading works by leading contemporary writers such as Zadie Smith, Alex Haley, Octavia Butler and Salman Rushdie, Biofictions demonstrates how ideas of race are produced from intersecting genetic and fictional narratives which together create stories about racism, ancestry and kinship.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

In this important interdisciplinary study, Josie Gill explores the ways in which the contemporary novel has drawn on and helped shape debates about race and identity in 21st century genetic science. Reading works by leading contemporary writers such as Zadie Smith, Alex Haley, Octavia Butler and Salman Rushdie, Biofictions demonstrates how ideas of race are produced from intersecting genetic and fictional narratives which together create stories about racism, ancestry and kinship.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

University of Rizal System
Email us at univlibservices@urs.edu.ph

Visit our Website www.urs.edu.ph/library