Books in the Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture series

This book demonstrates how developments in biotechnology such as cloning, synthetic biology, surrogate pregnancies, organ transplants and more have significant implications for personhood, ethics, and governance. Drawing attention to the commodification of life, it shows how the biological functions of life itself are shaped to economic agendas.

This study offers a critical interpretation of literary representations of urban poverty and the sustained trauma associated with exploitation, homelessness, displacement, or racism. It advocates the value of an adapted psychoanalysis for the poor in not only addressing mental health needs but building capacity.