Posthuman Bodies

Posthuman Bodies
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0253115582
ISBN-13 : 9780253115584
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Book Synopsis Posthuman Bodies by : Judith M. Halberstam

Download or read book Posthuman Bodies written by Judith M. Halberstam and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-12-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... will draw a wide readership from the ranks of literary critics, film scholars, science studies scholars and the growing legion of 'literature and science' researchers. It should be among the essentials in a posthumanist toolbox." -- Richard Doyle Automatic teller machines, castrati, lesbians, The Terminator: all participate in the profound technological, representation, sexual, and theoretical changes in which bodies are implicated. Posthuman Bodies addresses new interfaces between humans and technology that are radically altering the experience of our own and others' bodies.


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