LEADER 04820nam 2200877 a 450 001 9910455093903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8407-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684072 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765211 035 $a(OCoLC)427511166 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10292818 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001420416 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12580306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420416 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11404137 035 $a(PQKB)10214357 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277405 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206671 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277405 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234399 035 $a(PQKB)10528426 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601087 035 $a(CaPaEBR)418917 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3262954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4634687 035 $a(DE-B1597)464051 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957368 035 $a(OCoLC)944177206 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4634687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10295253 035 $a(OCoLC)958550518 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765211 100 $a20070418d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBodies of tomorrow$b[electronic resource] $etechnology, subjectivity, science fiction /$fSherryl Vint 210 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo $cUniversity of Toronto Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-9052-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index. 327 $aGwyneth 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. 330 $aAnxieties 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. 606 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScience-fiction ame?ricaine$xHistoire et critique 606 $aRoman ame?ricain$y20e sie?cle$xHistoire et critique 606 $aScience-fiction anglaise$xHistoire et critique 606 $aRoman anglais$y20e sie?cle$xHistoire et critique 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 6$aScience-fiction ame?ricaine$xHistoire et critique. 615 6$aRoman ame?ricain$xHistoire et critique. 615 6$aScience-fiction anglaise$xHistoire et critique. 615 6$aRoman anglais$xHistoire et critique. 676 $a808.83/8762 676 $a823/.08762090914 700 $aVint$b Sherryl$f1969-$0907359 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455093903321 996 $aBodies of tomorrow$92244550 997 $aUNINA