Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995)

Cockin, Katharine

Abstract

This article examines Jeff Noon’s cyberpunk novel Pollen (1995), arguing for its innovative treatment of spatial and species identities. In addition to the challenging representations of gender and feminism identified by Val Gough, there are other kinds of decentering enacted, notably in the novel’s speculative treatment of “becoming plant” and the location of the action in the North of England.

Citation

Cockin, K. (2016). Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995). Critique, 57(1), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2015.1019405

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Dec 30, 2015
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Deposit Date: Apr 8, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 8, 2016
• Journal: Critique : studies in contemporary fiction
• Print ISSN: 0011-1619
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 94-104
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2015.1019405
• Keywords: Cyberpunk; Posthumanism; Science fiction; Dystopia
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/435367
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00111619.2015.1019405
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Critique : studies in contemporary fiction on 30/12/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00111619.2015.1019405
• Contract Date: Apr 8, 2016