{"product_id":"biofictions-josie-gill-9781350237452","title":"Biofictions: Race, Genetics and the Contemporary Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWinner of the 2020 British Society for Literature and Science book prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josie Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350237450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350237452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Josie Gill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064358039807,"sku":"9781350237452","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f73f941-d913-4cd7-b0e9-9b2ae9739f7b.jpg?v=1685395008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/biofictions-josie-gill-9781350237452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}