Bodies of Tomorrow : Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction /

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Anxieties about embodiment and posthumanism have always found an outlet in the science fiction of the day. In Bodies of Tomorrow, Sherryl Vint argues for a new model of an ethical and embodied posthuman subject through close readings of the works of Gwyneth Jones, Octavia Butler, Iain M. Banks, Will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vint, Sherryl, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science fiction, English.
Science fiction, American.
English fiction.
American fiction.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Science-fiction anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Science-fiction americaine > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Science fiction, English > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gwyneth Jones: the world of the body and the body of the world
  • Octavia Butler: be(com)ing human
  • Iain M. Banks: the culture-al body
  • Cyberpunk: return of the repressed body
  • Raphael Carter: the fall into meat
  • Jack Womack and Neal Stephenson: the world and the text and the world in the text
  • Conclusion: towards an ethical posthumanism.

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