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Posthuman metamorphosis : narrative and systems /

From Dr. Moreau's Beast People to David Cronenberg's Brundlefly, Stanislaw Lem's robot constructors in the Cyberiad to Octavia Butler's human/alien constructs in the Xenogenesis trilogy, this examines modern and postmodern stories of corporeal transformation through interlocking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarke, Bruce, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Posthuman Metamorphosis
  • One Narrative and Systems
  • Two Nonmodern Metamorphosis
  • Three System and Form
  • Four Metamorphosis and Embedding
  • Five Communicating The Fly
  • Six Posthuman Viability
  • Conclusion: the Neocybernetic Posthuman.