Bodies of Tomorrow: Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction

by Sherryl Vint

Book Overview

Anxieties about embodiment and posthumanism have always found an outlet in the science fiction of the day. In Bodies of Tomorrow, Sherryl Vint argues for a new model of an ethical and embodied posthuman subject through close readings of the works of Gwyneth Jones, Octavia Butler, Iain M. Banks, William Gibson, and other science fiction authors. Vint's discussion is firmly contextualized by discussions of contemporary technoscience, specifically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487524994
• ISBN13: 9781487524999
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"