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Bodies of Tomorrow

Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction

by (author) Sherryl Vint

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Jun 2019
Category
Popular Culture, Robotics
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802090522
    Publish Date
    Feb 2007
    List Price
    $76.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487524999
    Publish Date
    Jun 2019
    List Price
    $36.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442684072
    Publish Date
    Dec 2006
    List Price
    $77.00

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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 genetics and information technology, and the implications of this technology for the way we consider human subjectivity.

Engaging with theorists such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Anne Balsamo, N. Katherine Hayles, and Douglas Kellner,Bodies of Tomorrow argues for the importance of challenging visions of humanity in the future that overlook our responsibility as embodied beings connected to a material world. If we are to understand the post-human subject, then we must acknowledge our embodied connection to the world around us and the value of our multiple subjective responses to it. Vint's study thus encourages a move from the common liberal humanist approach to posthuman theory toward what she calls 'embodied posthumanism.' This timely work of science fiction criticism will prove fascinating to cultural theorists, philosophers, and literary scholars alike, as well as anyone concerned with the ethics of posthumanism.

About the author

Sherryl Vint is an assistant professor in the Department of English at St. Francis Xavier University.

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