TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melanie Schrage-Lang
PY  - 2023
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631891797
TI  - The Eugenetic Imagination
T2  - Eugenics and Genetics in Early 21st-Century Anglo-American Fiction
DO  - 10.3726/b20361
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1290335
N2  - This book addresses a research gap in the study of eugenics in fictional literature: the analysis of the nexus of eugenics and genetics in 21st-century novels, detached from their authors’ ideological beliefs. It is based on an understanding of literature as an interdiscourse in Jürgen Link‘s sense. The study employs categories developed by Rabinow and Rose in the context of Foucault‘s concept of “biopower.” It thereby demonstrates that, though officially fallen from grace in light of the Nazi atrocities committed in the name of racial hygiene, eugenic ideas remain surprisingly resilient in the sciences as well as in fiction. Thus, the nexus between eugenics and genetics continues to serve as an important force in the structuring of scientific and contemporary popular (inter-)discourses.
KW  - eugenics, 21st-century novels, racial hygiene
LA  - English
ER  -