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Bodies of Tomorrow
Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction
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English
Published/Copyright:
2006
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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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Vint Sherryl :
Sherryl Vint is an assistant professor in the Department of English at St. Francis Xavier University.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Problematic Selves and Unexpected Others
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1. Gwyneth Jones: The World of the Body and the Body of the World
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2. Octavia Butler: Be(com)ing Human
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3. Iain M. Banks: The Culture-al Body
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4. Cyberpunk: Return of the Repressed Body
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5. Raphael Carter: The Fall into Meat
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6. Jack Womack and Neal Stephenson: The World and the Text and the World in the Text
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Conclusion: Towards an Ethical Posthumanism
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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December 31, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9781442684072
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304
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
