Castle, Nora (2022) In vitro meat and science fiction. Extrapolation, 63 (2). pp. 149-179. doi:10.3828/extr.2022.11 ISSN 0014-5483.

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Abstract

This article argues that the in vitro (i.e., lab-grown) meat boom can be better understood by framing it within sf studies, both historically and especially through to the contemporary moment. Not only does in vitro meat (IVM) have a long history of representation in sf, it is also framed in the public and corporate spheres through the use of sf tropes. The article offers close readings of IVM in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003), Elizabeth Dougherty’s The Blind Pig (2010), and director Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral (2012), arguing that reading IVM in contemporary sf is a particularly effective method of thinking through its material effects.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Genetic engineering -- Fiction, Cultured meat -- Fiction, Science fiction -- History and criticism, Meat in literature
Journal or Publication Title:	Extrapolation
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
ISSN:	0014-5483
Official Date:	7 January 2022
Dates:	Date Event 7 January 2022 Published 9 November 2021 Accepted
Volume:	63
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 149-179
DOI:	10.3828/extr.2022.11
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	11 January 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	11 January 2023

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