When Science Blurs the Boundaries
The Commodification of the Animal in Young Adult Science Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11059455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cat Yampell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | Part 2 |
| Pages | 207-222 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.35.2.0207 |
| OpenAlex | W4409357504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Hegemonic ideologies of anthropocentrism and speciesism maintain the great divide between nature/culture and animals/human-animals. Two young adult sf novels, Peter Dickinson’s Eva and Ann Halam’s (Gwyneth Jone’s) Dr. Franklin’s Island, explore futuristic societies in which the divide is bridged, advanced animal/human-animal hybrids are created, hierarchical structures are destabilized, and humanity’s evolutionary superiority is challenged. This essay specifically focuses on the ideologically loaded issues of biotechnological possibility, animal experimentation, and the marginalization and commodification of animals. Granting agency and subject status to animals and animal/human-animal hybrids, Dickinson and Halam suggest that rather than aiding and promoting human-animal superiority and innovation, biotechnology may be causing the end of humanity’s reign
Aesthetics · Art · Commodification · Economics · Environmental ethics · Sociology · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |