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Prophets of the posthuman : american fiction, biotechnology, and the ethics of personhood / Christina Bieber Lake.

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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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