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Life, Re-Scaled: The Biological Imagination in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Performance
- Liliane Campos(editor)
- Pierre-Louis Patoine (editor)
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| Title | Life, Re-Scaled |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | The Biological Imagination in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Performance |
| Contributor | Liliane Campos(editor) |
| Pierre-Louis Patoine (editor) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0303 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0303 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Liliane Campos; Pierre-Louis Patoine; |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2022-10-11 |
| ISBN | 978-1-80064-749-7 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-80064-750-3 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-80064-751-0 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80064-755-8 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-80064-754-1 (XML) | |
| 978-1-80064-752-7 (EPUB) | |
| 978-1-80064-753-4 (AZW3) | |
| Short abstract | This edited volume explores new engagements with the life sciences in contemporary fiction, poetry, comics and performance. The gathered case studies investigate how recent creative work reframes the human within microscopic or macroscopic scales, from cellular biology to systems ecology, and engages with the ethical, philosophical, and political issues raised by the twenty-first century’s shifting views of life. The collection thus examines literature and performance as spaces that shape our contemporary biological imagination. |
| Long abstract | This edited volume explores new engagements with the life sciences in contemporary fiction, poetry, comics and performance. The gathered case studies investigate how recent creative work reframes the human within microscopic or macroscopic scales, from cellular biology to systems ecology, and engages with the ethical, philosophical, and political issues raised by the twenty-first century’s shifting views of life. The collection thus examines literature and performance as spaces that shape our contemporary biological imagination. Comprised of thirteen chapters by an international group of academics, Life, Re-Scaled: The Biological Imagination in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Performance engages with four main areas of biological study: ‘Invisible scales: cells, microbes and mycelium’, ‘Neuro-medical imaging and diagnosis’, ‘Pandemic imaginaries’, and ‘Ecological scales’. The authors examine these concepts in emerging forms such as plant theatre, climate change art, ecofiction and pandemic fiction, including the work of Jeff Vandermeer, Jon McGregor, Jeff Lemire, and Extinction Rebellion’s Red Rebel Brigade performances. This valuable resource moves beyond the biological paradigms that were central to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to outline the specificity of a contemporary imagination. Life, Re-Scaled is crucial reading for academics, scholars, and authors alike, as it proposes an unprecedented overview of the relationship between literature, performance and the life sciences in the twenty-first century. |
| Print length | 418 pages (xvi+402) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 156 x 29 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.14" x 9.21" (Paperback) |
| 156 x 32 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.26" x 9.21" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 789g | 27.83oz (Paperback) |
| 967g | 34.11oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 60 illustrations |
| LCCN | 2021386012 |
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Contents
1. Introduction
(pp. 1–38)- Liliane Campos
- Pierre-Louis Patoine
- Paul Hamann-Rose
- Sophie Laniel-Musitelli
- Derek Woods
5. To Be or Not to Be a Patient: Challenging Biomedical Categories in Joshua Ferris’s The Unnamed
(pp. 123–146)- Pascale Antolin
6. Neurocomics and Neuroimaging: David B.’s Epileptic and Matteo Farinella and Hana Roš’s Neurocomic
(pp. 147–180)- Jason Tougaw
- Rishi Goyal
- Kristin M. Ferebee
9. Depopulating the Novel: Post-Catastrophe Fiction, Scale, and the Population Unconscious
(pp. 229–258)- Pieter Vermeulen
- Ben De Bruyn
- Susan Squier
- Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr
- Hannah Simpson
13. Staging Larger Scales and Deep Entanglements: The Choice of Immersion in Four Ecological Performances
(pp. 353–377)- Eliane Beaufils
Contributors
Liliane Campos
(editor)Assistant Professor in English and Theatre Studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Pierre-Louis Patoine
(editor)Assistant Professor in American literature at Sorbonne Nouvelle University