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The souls of cyberfolk : posthumanism as vernacular theory / Thomas Foster.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Foster, Thomas, 1959-
Series:
Electronic mediations ; v. 13.
Electronic mediations ; v. 13
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
Science fiction, American.
Cybernetics in literature.
Literature and technology--United States.
Literature and technology.
Technology in literature.
Cyborgs in literature.
United States.
Physical Description:
xxix, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2005]
Contents:
Cyberpunk's posthuman afterlife
The legacies of cyberpunk fiction : new cultural formations and the emergence of the posthuman
Meat puppets or robopaths : the question of (dis)embodiment in neuromancer
The sex appeal of the inorganic : posthuman narratives and constructions of desire
Trapped by the body : telepresence technologies and transgendered performance
The souls of cyberfolk : performativity, virtual embodiment, and racial histories
Replaying the L.A. riots : cyborg narratives and national traumas
Franchise nationalisms : globalization, consumer culture, and new ethnicities
The antinomies of posthuman thought.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303) and index.
ISBN:
081663405X
0816634068
OCLC:
56617307

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