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The souls of cyberfolk : posthumanism as vernacular theory / Thomas Foster.
- 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
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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