{"product_id":"science-and-affect-in-contemporary-shannon-lambert-9781350425415","title":"Science and Affect in Contemporary Literature: Bodies of Knowledge","description":"\u003cb\u003eMoving from the micro world of quantum physics to the macro scales of earth science and ecology, this book considers how, in contemporary literature, affective experiences like desire, suffering, anxiety, and joy shape scientific persons, practices, and products.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book brings into dialogue close readings of scientific writing and contemporary literary works by authors like Jeanette Winterson, Richard Powers, Hanya Yanagihara, Thalia Field, and Jenny Offill. Combining narrative and affect studies, it uses formal strategies such as moving metaphor, visceral or affective description, plot-level analogy, contraction, and rhythm to engage with western scientific epistemologies, which still tends towards the impassive, universal, and objective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile each chapter focuses on a different field (or fields) of science, all foreground bodies-human and nonhuman-as a way of exploring knowledge production. Through close readings, the book argues that select 'scientific stories' raise important questions about how 'knowledge' is defined and who (and what) is invited into its processes of production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350425419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350425415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Shannon Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489592463615,"sku":"9781350425415","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62c27a6f-ccf6-4537-b366-ced379dec4a7.jpg?v=1736954007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-and-affect-in-contemporary-shannon-lambert-9781350425415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}