1st Edition
Stages of Transmutation Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism
By Tom Idema
Copyright 2019
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism develops the theoretical perspective of environmental posthumanism through analyses of acclaimed science fiction novels by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Jeff VanderMeer, in which the human species suddenly transforms in response to new or changing environments. Narrating dramatic ecological... Read more
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Introduction: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy
2. Infection: Greg Bear’s Darwin’s Radio
3. Disintegration: Jeff Vandermeer’s The Southern Reach
4. Amalgamation: Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood
Coda: Bringing Literature to Life Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tom Idema is a lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University, working at the intersections of literary studies, environmental humanities, and science and technology studies. His work has appeared in edited volumes and journals including Frame, Configurations, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Biosocieties, and Ecozon@.
"Stages of Transmutation is an example of how interdisciplinarity can instead enrich thought, an increasingly important exercise in light of the social, political, ethical, and environmental challenges we face." - Shelby Brewster, Michigan State University
