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Author Vint, Sherryl

Title Bodies of Tomorrow : Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction
Edition 2nd ed
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages)
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
Summary 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
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Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
Science fiction, American.
Science fiction, English.
Science-fiction américaine -- Histoire et critique
Science-fiction anglaise -- Histoire et critique
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism
Science fiction, English -- History and criticism
American fiction
English fiction
Science fiction, American
Science fiction, English
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442684072
1442684070