The NewClear Family in Times of the Anthropocene : The Nea-Human and Her Family in James Bradley's Ghost Species single work   criticism  
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'In this essay, I am analysing James Bradley's 2020 novel Ghost Species for its generic make-up and the ways in which this interacts with questions of gender. As I will argue, Ghost Species is a multi-genre mix of science fiction, climate fiction, domestic novel, and coming-of-age story and thus combines realist with speculative fiction. It defies classic genre conventions because of its female focalizers and their representation within the scientific community and society more generally. As a result, a newclear family is constructed, with the NeaHuman and her coming of age in the centre. By bringing together the different genres and their gendered presumptions, Ghost Species challenges traditional ideas of mothers as caretakers as well as of the coming of age as a female.'

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    y separately published work icon Gender Forum no. 81 2023 28149369 2023 periodical issue criticism 2023 pg. 80-92
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