Graham, Elaine L.,

Representations of the post/human : monsters, aliens, and others in popular culture / Elaine L. Graham. - xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.

Preface: On cathedrals, canals and computers -- Introduction: Mapping the post/human -- Science/Fiction. Representing the post/human. The gates of difference -- Monstrosity, Genealogy and Representation. What made Victor's creature monstrous? Body of clay, body of glass. In whose image? The politics of representation -- Post/Humanities. Much ado about Data. 'Nietzsche gets a modem': transhumanism and the technological sublime. The end of the 'human'? Cyborg writing. Gods and monsters. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Technology--Social aspects
Biotechnology--Social aspects
Cybernetics--Social aspects
Popular culture
Postmodernism.

HM846. / G73 2002

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