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Representations of the post/human : monsters, aliens, and others in popular culture / Elaine L. Graham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002Description: xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813530598
  • 9780813530598
  • 081353058X
  • 9780813530581
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.46
LOC classification:
  • 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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.46 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A256199B

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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