THE PROBLEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ORIENT, WOMEN, AND FOOD TRANSFORMATIONS IN PAOLO BACIGALUPI'S THE WINDUP GIRL.
Paolo Bacigalupi's novel, The Windup Girl, illustrates Bangkok using genetic diseases and plagues. In this work, mass-produced, genetically modified food becomes both a diplomatic weapon and subsistence for survival. Western-based multinational agri-corporations transform food as industrial products...
| Publicado en: | Kritika Kultura no. 33/34; pp. 565 - 584 |
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Kritika Kultura
2020
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