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SUMMARY:Race\, science and literary studies in the 21st century - Josie Gi
 ll (University of Bristol)
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will consider the ways in which narratives from
  genetic science have been used to frame approaches to race in literary st
 udies. I will interrogate the presumed anti-racism of this framing\, and h
 ow this use of science disrupts contemporary theoretical assumptions about
  the relationship between the disciplines- namely that literary scholars t
 end to be critical or sceptical of science. I will argue that reading cont
 emporary fiction alongside\, rather than in opposition to\, genetic scienc
 e\, enables us to apprehend the biofictional nature of race itself\, and t
 he cultural and literary contexts in which racial scientific ideas – inc
 luding those that are situated as anti-racist – arise.
LOCATION:Zoom
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