{"product_id":"reading-in-the-postgenomic-age-race-discipline-and-bionarrativity-in-contemporary-north-american-literature-paperback","title":"Reading in the Postgenomic Age: Race, Discipline, and Bionarrativity in Contemporary North American Literature - 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\u003eLesley Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading in the Postgenomic Age, \u003c\/i\u003e Lesley Larkin analyzes how writers across literary genres have reckoned with the launch (in the early 1990s) and completion (in 2003) of the Human Genome Project and the ways it has fallen short of its promise to do away with spurious notions of race. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Ruth Ozeki, Rebecca Skloot, Gerald Vizenor, and others demonstrate that genomics is a premier terrain upon which race is being reinscribed and reimagined in both scientific and mainstream contexts. Through construction of alternate genealogies, invention of hybrids, and citation of the textual metaphors replete within genomic discourse, these writers have illuminated the ethical, cultural, social, and political ramifications of genomic research, attuning readers to postgenomic discourses of race and power. At the same time, Larkin contends that literature's engagement with genomics goes beyond its initial critique to comment self-reflexively on the practices and value of literary studies. Ultimately, she argues that contemporary writers outline a new ethical matrix for reading race in the postgenomic era-and rethinks literary criticism within this new paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLesley Larkin (she\/her) is Professor of English at Northern Michigan University. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Race and the Literary Encounter: Black Literature from James Weldon Johnson to Percival Everett\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction, 1980-2020.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338238558297,"sku":"9780814259436","price":75.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/WUtUBbBAv69780814259436.webp?v=1779419126","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/reading-in-the-postgenomic-age-race-discipline-and-bionarrativity-in-contemporary-north-american-literature-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}