Biopunk dystopias genetic engineering, society, and science fiction
'Biopunk Dystopias' contends that we find ourselves at a historical nexus, defined by the rise of biology as the driving force of scientific progress, a strongly grown mainstream attention given to genetic engineering in the wake of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the changing so...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press
2016.
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| Colección: | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422345506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dystopia, science fiction, posthumanism, and liquid modernity
- 3. The anthropocene, the posthuman, and the animal
- 4. Science, family and the monstrous progeny
- 5. Individuality, choice, and genetic manipulation
- 6.The utopian, the dystopian, and the heroic deeds of one
- 7. 9/11 and the Wasted Lives of Posthuman Zombies
- 8. Conclusion
- Works cited
- Index.
