04820nam 2200877 a 450 991045509390332120200520144314.01-4426-8407-010.3138/9781442684072(CKB)1000000000765211(OCoLC)427511166(CaPaEBR)ebrary10292818(SSID)ssj0001420416(PQKBManifestationID)12580306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420416(PQKBWorkID)11404137(PQKB)10214357(SSID)ssj0000277405(PQKBManifestationID)11206671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277405(PQKBWorkID)10234399(PQKB)10528426(CaBNvSL)thg00601087(CaPaEBR)418917(MiAaPQ)EBC3262954(MiAaPQ)EBC4634687(DE-B1597)464051(OCoLC)1013957368(OCoLC)944177206(DE-B1597)9781442684072(Au-PeEL)EBL4634687(CaPaEBR)ebr10295253(OCoLC)958550518(EXLCZ)99100000000076521120070418d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBodies of tomorrow[electronic resource] technology, subjectivity, science fiction /Sherryl VintToronto ;Buffalo University of Toronto Pressc20071 online resource (252 p.)Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal HistoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-9052-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.Gwyneth Jones: the world of the body and the body of the world -- Octavia Butler: be(com)ing human -- Iain M. Banks: the culture-al body -- Cyberpunk: return of the repressed body -- Raphael Carter: the fall into meat -- Jack Womack and Neal Stephenson: the world and the text and the world in the text -- Conclusion: towards an ethical posthumanism.Anxieties about embodiment and posthumanism have always found an outlet in the science fiction of the day. In Bodies of Tomorrow, Sherryl Vint argues for a new model of an ethical and embodied posthuman subject through close readings of the works of Gwyneth Jones, Octavia Butler, Iain M. Banks, William Gibson, and other science fiction authors. Vint?s discussion is firmly contextualized by discussions of contemporary technoscience, specifically genetics and information technology, and the implications of this technology for the way we consider human subjectivity. Engaging with theorists such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Anne Balsamo, N. Katherine Hayles, and Douglas Kellner,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. If we are to understand the post-human subject, then we must acknowledge our embodied connection to the world around us and the value of our multiple subjective responses to it. Vint?s study thus encourages a move from the common liberal humanist approach to posthuman theory toward what she calls ?embodied posthumanism.? This timely work of science fiction criticism will prove fascinating to cultural theorists, philosophers, and literary scholars alike, as well as anyone concerned with the ethics of posthumanism.Science fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismScience fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismScience-fiction américaineHistoire et critiqueRoman américain20e siècleHistoire et critiqueScience-fiction anglaiseHistoire et critiqueRoman anglais20e siècleHistoire et critiqueElectronic books.Science fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.Science fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Science-fiction américaineHistoire et critique.Roman américainHistoire et critique.Science-fiction anglaiseHistoire et critique.Roman anglaisHistoire et critique.808.83/8762823/.08762090914Vint Sherryl1969-907359MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455093903321Bodies of tomorrow2244550UNINA