Bodies of Tomorrow : Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction.
Title:
Bodies of Tomorrow : Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction.
Author:
Vint, Sherryl.
ISBN:
9781442684072
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Problematic Selves and Unexpected Others -- 1 Gwyneth Jones: The World of the Body and the Body of the World -- 2 Octavia Butler: Be(com)ing Human -- 3 Iain M. Banks: The Culture-al Body -- 4 Cyberpunk: Return of the Repressed Body -- 5 Raphael Carter: The Fall into Meat -- 6 Jack Womack and Neal Stephenson: The World and the Text and the World in the Text -- Conclusion: Towards an Ethical Posthumanism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Bodies of Tomorrow argues for the importance of challenging visions of humanity in the future that overlook our responsibility as embodied beings connected to a material world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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