Representations of the post/human : monsters, aliens, and others in popular culture / Elaine L. Graham.
Material type: TextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002Description: xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0813530598
- 9780813530598
- 081353058X
- 9780813530581
- 306.46
- HM846. G73 2002
Contents:
Preface: On cathedrals, canals and computers -- Introduction: Mapping the post/human -- Pt. I. Science/Fiction. 1. Representing the post/human. 2. The gates of difference -- Pt. II. Monstrosity, Genealogy and Representation. 3. What made Victor's creature monstrous? 4. Body of clay, body of glass. 5. In whose image? The politics of representation -- Pt. III. Post/Humanities. 6. Much ado about Data. 7. 'Nietzsche gets a modem': transhumanism and the technological sublime. 8. The end of the 'human'? 9. Cyborg writing. 10. Gods and monsters.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.
Preface: On cathedrals, canals and computers -- Introduction: Mapping the post/human -- Pt. I. Science/Fiction. 1. Representing the post/human. 2. The gates of difference -- Pt. II. Monstrosity, Genealogy and Representation. 3. What made Victor's creature monstrous? 4. Body of clay, body of glass. 5. In whose image? The politics of representation -- Pt. III. Post/Humanities. 6. Much ado about Data. 7. 'Nietzsche gets a modem': transhumanism and the technological sublime. 8. The end of the 'human'? 9. Cyborg writing. 10. Gods and monsters.
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