{"product_id":"editing-the-soul-science-and-fiction-in-the-genome-age-anthroposcene-2-anthroposcene-the-slsa-book-series-9780271079332","title":"Editing the Soul Science and Fiction in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn interdisciplinary exploration of how genetic engineering is transforming our narratives about the core of human personhood, and how those narratives are shaping official policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEditing the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e will be appreciated by scholars of literature and science, postsecular theory, and science fiction. It will be particularly useful for teachers and scholars interested in thinking about the classification of genetic fiction as a subgenre of science fiction. Hamner’s study will also prove especially engaging for those looking for in-depth readings of any one of the multiple texts that he covers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Melissa M. Littlefield \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hamner’s critical modesty gives us a humble account that knows how to stay local, respect differences, and honor the acuity of its subjects of study, be they nucleotides or novelists. . . . [A] book of surpassing subtlety and nuance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Rebekah Sheldon \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Written with clarity and an appealing balance, \u003ci\u003eEditing the Soul \u003c\/i\u003emakes an original contribution to an important topic—the way novels, films, and television about genetics are reshaping our understanding of human nature.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jay Clayton,author of \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens in Cyberspace: The Afterlife of the Nineteenth Century in Postmodern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEditing the Soul \u003c\/i\u003eplumbs contemporary literature, film, and comics dealing with genetic modification. Drawing on postsecularism, Hamner shows how these works enable us to balance the drive for technotranscendence with the continuing demand for deep human meaning. Standout readings of the fiction of Octavia Butler and Margaret Atwood are some of the many pleasures of this important, accessible, and highly timely book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Susan Merrill Squier,author of Epigenetic Landscapes: Drawings as Metaphor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What \u003ci\u003eEditing the Soul \u003c\/i\u003eshows is that, far from offering simplistic depictions of utopia or dystopia, genetic science has become a variable field for the popular cultural imagination.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lars Schmeink \u003ci\u003eFoundation: The International Review of Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hamner’s careful balance between rigorous pragmatism and creative flexibility is refreshing. And the book’s straightforward prose can be understood not as a rejection of critical theory but rather as praxis in his call for interdisciplinary collaboration.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Katherine Thorsteinson \u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These [\u003ci\u003eHuman Programming\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEditing the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e] are both exemplary works of criticism, which should serve as models for what interdisciplinary literary-cultural criticism can do for a twenty-first-century academy that needs smart, careful humanities scholarship on the sciences more than ever.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gerry Canavan \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eRegenesis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Genetics as Science, Ideology, and Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Evolution of Genetic Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Cultural Determinism of Genetic Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Serpent Women, Prophets, and Satire in Genetic Metafiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Predisposed Agency of Genetics and Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: \u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400799035735,"sku":"9780271079332","price":23.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/editing-the-soul-science-and-fiction-in-the-genome-age-anthroposcene-2-anthroposcene-the-slsa-book-series-9780271079332","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}