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Prophets of the posthuman : american fiction, biotechnology, and the ethics of personhood / Christina Bieber Lake.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lake, Christina Bieber.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Ethics in literature.
- Bioethics in literature.
- Human beings in literature.
- Literature and technology--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature and technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement technologies.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Posthuman vision
- pt. II. Posthuman bodies
- pt. III. Posthuman language
- pt. IV. From Posthuman individuals to human persons.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780268158699
- 026815869X
- 9780268075866
- 0268075867
- OCLC:
- 859744781
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