Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture

The Science Fiction of Joan Slonczewski

By: Bruce Clarke (Editor)

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Hardcover | 21 January 2021

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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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"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)

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