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A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups

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A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups. / Fücker, Sonja; Auguscik, Anna; Kirchhofer, Anton et al.
Under the Literary Microscope: Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel . ed. / Sina Farzin; Susan Gaines; Ros Haynes. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. p. 218-248 10 (AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series; Vol. 7).

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Harvard

Fücker, S, Auguscik, A, Kirchhofer, A & Schimank, U 2021, A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups. in S Farzin, S Gaines & R Haynes (eds), Under the Literary Microscope: Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel ., 10, AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series, vol. 7, Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, pp. 218-248. https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv1mvw8k2.14

APA

Fücker, S., Auguscik, A., Kirchhofer, A., & Schimank, U. (2021). A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups. In S. Farzin, S. Gaines, & R. Haynes (Eds.), Under the Literary Microscope: Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel (pp. 218-248). Article 10 (AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series; Vol. 7). Pennsylvania State University Press. https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv1mvw8k2.14

Vancouver

Fücker S, Auguscik A, Kirchhofer A, Schimank U. A Fictional Risk Narrative and Its Potential for Social Resonance: Reception of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior in Reviews and Reading Groups. In Farzin S, Gaines S, Haynes R, editors, Under the Literary Microscope: Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel . University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. 2021. p. 218-248. 10. (AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series). doi: 10.5325/j.ctv1mvw8k2.14

Bibtex

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