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Biopunk dystopias : genetic engineering, society, and science fiction / / Lars Schmeink [[electronic resource]]
| Biopunk dystopias : genetic engineering, society, and science fiction / / Lars Schmeink [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Schmeink Lars |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809.38762 |
| Collana | Liverpool science fiction text and studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Science fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Biotechnology in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Literature
Science Fiction Dystopia Genetic engineering Humanism Late modernity Posthuman Posthumanism Utopia |
| ISBN |
1-78694-411-1
1-78138-332-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dystopia, science fiction, posthumanism, and liquid modernity -- 3. The anthropocene, the posthuman, and the animal --4. Science, family and the monstrous progeny -- 5. Individuality, choice, and genetic manipulation -- 6.The utopian, the dystopian, and the heroic deeds of one -- 7. 9/11 and the Wasted Lives of Posthuman Zombies -- 8. Conclusion -- Works cited -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910159441103321 |
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| Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2017 | ||
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Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II
| Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II |
| Autore | Haney William S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Collana | Consciousness, literature & the arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Biotechnology in literature
Biotechnology - Social aspects Consciousness - Social aspects Cyborgs in literature Mind and body Science fiction - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
94-012-0270-2
1-4237-9080-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Posthuman -- Chapter 2: The Latent Powers of Consciousness vs. Bionic Humans -- Chapter 3: Derrida's Indian Literary Subtext -- Chapter 4: Consciousness and the Posthuman in Short Fiction -- Chapter 5: Frankenstein: The Monster's Constructedness and the Narrativity of Consciousness -- Chapter 6: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Technological Ambiguity -- Chapter 7: Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash: Humans are not Computers -- Chapter 8: Haruki Murakami' s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Unicorns, Elephants and Immortality -- Chapter 9: Cyborg Revelations: Marge Piercy's He, She and It -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Survival of Human Nature -- Works Cited -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451528403321 |
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Haney William S
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| Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 | ||
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Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II
| Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II |
| Autore | Haney William S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Collana | Consciousness, literature & the arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Biotechnology in literature
Biotechnology - Social aspects Consciousness - Social aspects Cyborgs in literature Mind and body Science fiction - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
94-012-0270-2
1-4237-9080-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Posthuman -- Chapter 2: The Latent Powers of Consciousness vs. Bionic Humans -- Chapter 3: Derrida's Indian Literary Subtext -- Chapter 4: Consciousness and the Posthuman in Short Fiction -- Chapter 5: Frankenstein: The Monster's Constructedness and the Narrativity of Consciousness -- Chapter 6: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Technological Ambiguity -- Chapter 7: Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash: Humans are not Computers -- Chapter 8: Haruki Murakami' s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Unicorns, Elephants and Immortality -- Chapter 9: Cyborg Revelations: Marge Piercy's He, She and It -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Survival of Human Nature -- Works Cited -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777650403321 |
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Haney William S
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| Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II
| Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction [[electronic resource] ] : consciousness and the posthuman / / William S. Haney II |
| Autore | Haney William S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Collana | Consciousness, literature & the arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Biotechnology in literature
Biotechnology - Social aspects Consciousness - Social aspects Cyborgs in literature Mind and body Science fiction - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
94-012-0270-2
1-4237-9080-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Posthuman -- Chapter 2: The Latent Powers of Consciousness vs. Bionic Humans -- Chapter 3: Derrida's Indian Literary Subtext -- Chapter 4: Consciousness and the Posthuman in Short Fiction -- Chapter 5: Frankenstein: The Monster's Constructedness and the Narrativity of Consciousness -- Chapter 6: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Technological Ambiguity -- Chapter 7: Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash: Humans are not Computers -- Chapter 8: Haruki Murakami' s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Unicorns, Elephants and Immortality -- Chapter 9: Cyborg Revelations: Marge Piercy's He, She and It -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Survival of Human Nature -- Works Cited -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806241703321 |
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Haney William S
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| Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Posthuman capital and biotechnology in contemporary novels / / Justin Omar Johnston
| Posthuman capital and biotechnology in contemporary novels / / Justin Omar Johnston |
| Autore | Johnston Justin Omar |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 187 p. 6 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3051 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Human body and technology in literature Biotechnology in literature |
| ISBN | 3-030-26257-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter One: Introduction: The Biotech Century, Human Capital, and Genre -- Chapter Two: Clones: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go -- Chapter Three: Animal-Human Hybrids: Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake -- Chapter Four: Toxic Bodies: Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People -- Chapter Five: Cyborgs: Jeanette Winterson’s The Stone Gods -- Chapter Six: Coda: Genres of Futurity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484456703321 |
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Johnston Justin Omar
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2019] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reconfiguring human, nonhuman and posthuman in literature and culture / / edited by Sanna Karkulehto, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Essi Varis
| Reconfiguring human, nonhuman and posthuman in literature and culture / / edited by Sanna Karkulehto, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Essi Varis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.93356 |
| Collana | Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology in literature
Virtual reality in literature Biotechnology in literature Humanism in literature Agent (Philosophy) in literature |
| ISBN |
0-429-51276-7
0-429-24304-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part 1. Towards Posthumanist Literature and Posthumanist Reading. 1. On the Possibility of a Posthuman/ist Literature(s) / Carole Guesse; 2. Posthumanist Reading: Witnessing Ghosts, Summoning Nonhuman Powers / Karoliina Lummaa; 3. Becoming-instrument: Thinking with Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation and Timothy Morton's Hyperobjects / Kaisa Kortekallio -- Part 2. Imagining Aliens and Monsters. 4. Alien Overtures: Speculating about Nonhuman Experiences with Comic Book Characters / Essi Varis; 5. Playing the Nonhuman: Alien Experiences in Aliens vs. Predator / Jonne Arjoranta; 6 Wild Things Squeezed in the Closet: Monsters of Children's Literature as Nonhuman Others / Marleena Mustola and Sanna Karkulehto -- Part 3. Becoming with Animals. 7 Dead Dog Talking: Posthumous, Preposthumous, and Preposterous Canine Narration in Charles Siebert's Angus / Mikko Keskinen; 8. Carnivorous Anatomies: Art and Being Beasts / Brad Bolman; 9. Reconfiguring Human and Nonhuman Animals in a Guiding Assemblage: Towards Posthumanist Conception of Disability / Hana Porkertová -- Part 4. Technological (Co-)Agencies. 10. Meeting the Machine Halfway: Towards Non-Anthropocentric Semiotics / Cléo Collomb and Samuel Goyet; 11. Journeys in Intensity: Human and Nonhuman Co-Agency, Neuropower, and Counterplay in Minecraft / Marleena Huuhka; 12. Cyborganic Wearables: Sociotechnical Misbehavior and the Evolution of Nonhuman Agency / Patricia Flanagan and Raune Frankjær -- Part 5. Afterword: Unnarratable Matter? 13. Unnarratable Matter: Emergence, Narrative, and Material Ecocriticism / Juha Raipola. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831854103321 |
| New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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