Black Bodies and Transhuman Realities - Scientifically Modifying the Black Body in Posthuman Literature and Culture (Hardcover)

Black Bodies and Transhuman Realities: Scientifically Modifying the Black Body in Posthuman Literature and Culture makes a series of valuable contributions to ongoing dialogues surrounding posthuman blackness and Afro-transhumanism. The collection explores the Black body (self) in the context of transhuman realities from a variety of literary and artistic perspectives. These points of view convey the cultural, political, social, and historical implications that frame the space of Black embodiment, functioning as sites of potentiality and pointing toward the possibility of a transcendental Black subjectivity. In this book, many questions concerning the transformation of the Black body are presented as parallels to philosophical and religious inquiries that have traditionally been addressed from a hegemonic viewpoint. The chapters demonstrate how literature, based on its historical and social contexts, contributes to broader thought about Black transcendence of subjectivity in a posthuman framework, exploring interpretations of the "old" and visions of the "new" human.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2019
Editors:	Melvin G Hill
Contributors:	Sarah L. Berry • Alexander Dumas J Brickler • Rae'mia Escott • MD Monirul Islam • Christian Jimenez • Bettina Judd • Myungsung Kim • Nicholas E Miller • Kwasu D Tembo
Dimensions:	227 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-8380-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
LSN:	1-4985-8380-6
Barcode:	9781498583800

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