Reading Octavia Butler's "Xenogenesis" after Seattle.
This essay explores the science fiction trilogy "Xenogenesis" by Octavia Butler for political and philosophical implications. It argues that Butler uses her characters and plot to explore allegorically the concept of the gene. It sees the gene as a determinant of cultural information as well as a lu...
| Published in: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 94 - 129 |
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| Format: | Essay |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Spring2009
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