Cyborgs in Latin America / / by J. Brown

• Autore: Brown J.
• Pubblicazione: 2010; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2010.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
• Disciplina: 809
• Soggetto topico: Literature; Philosophy and social sciences; Ethnology; Culture; Ethnology - Latin America; Social sciences - Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; World Literature; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Regional Cultural Studies; Latin American Culture; Social Theory; Philosophy of Mind
• Classificazione: LIT024000PHI015000PHI031000SOC000000SOC026000
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Posthuman Porteños: Cyborg Survivors in Argentine Narrative and Film -- Chapter 2 Missing Gender: The Posthuman Feminine in Alicia Borinsky, Carmen Boullosa, and Eugenia Prado -- Chapter 3 Ripped Stitches: Mass Media and Televisual Imaginaries in Rafael Courtoisie's Narrative -- Chapter 4 Neoliberal Prosthetics in Postdictatorial Argentina and Bolivia: Carlos Gamerro and Edmundo Paz Soldán -- Chapter 5 Video Heads and Rewound Bodies: Cyborg Memories in Rodrigo Fresán and Alberto Fuguet -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org . Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cyborgs in Latin America
• ISBN: 9780230109773; 9780230103900
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910265942603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II