{"product_id":"biofictions-race-genetics-and-the-contemporary-novel-paperback-1","title":"Biofictions: Race, Genetics and the Contemporary Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosie Gill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnton Kirchhofer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2020 British Society for Literature and Science book prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this important interdisciplinary study, Josie Gill explores how the contemporary novel has drawn upon, and intervened in, debates about race in late 20th and 21st century genetic science. Reading works by leading contemporary writers including Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Octavia Butler and Colson Whitehead, \u003ci\u003eBiofictions\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how ideas of race are produced at the intersection of science and fiction, which together create the stories about identity, racism, ancestry and kinship which characterize our understanding of race today. By highlighting the role of narrative in the formation of racial ideas in science, this book calls into question the apparent anti-racism of contemporary genetics, which functions narratively, rather than factually or objectively, within the racialized contexts in which it is embedded. In so doing, \u003ci\u003eBiofictions\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to rethink the long-asked question of whether race is a biological fact or a fiction, calling instead for a new understanding of the relationship between race, science and fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosie Gill\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Black British Writing at the University of Bristol, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703634686259,"sku":"9781350237452","price":87.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bTVLYlVaVitaYzI3bEdVblA3OWMvZz09_e4bd7375-3fef-4560-8566-7ce0ce637a4f.webp?v=1763334081","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/biofictions-race-genetics-and-the-contemporary-novel-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}