Semiotic Flesh - Information and the Human Body (Paperback, New)

For much of the 20th century, an apparently solid conceptual wall allowed us to separate information and bodies. Information is that which exists between elements; bodies are the elements themselves. One is abstract the other corporeal. One is intricately involved in signs and syntax, the other in cells and organs. Yet in the last few decades, it has become increasingly clear that this conceptual wall leaks--bodies and information will not stay separate from one another. Data have become flesh just as flesh has become data. Semiotic Flesh marks an important contribution to the emerging field of information studies, providing multiple perspectives on the implications of burgeoning information technologies and biotechnologies. The essays and responses in this volume focus on the sites where flesh and information productively intermingle, including the strange connections between LSD and DNA research, the implications of computer-assisted surgery, and the role of the human body in virtual reality installations. Phillip Thurtle is a lecturer in the School of Communications and the Comparative History of Ideas Program at the University of Washington, where he is Co-Director of the New Media Research Lab. Robert E. Mitchell received his doctorate from the University of Washington in Comparative Literature, where he is a Lecturer. Contributors include Richard Doyle, N. Katherine Hayles, Timothy Lenoir, Peter Oppenheimer, Steven Shaviro, and Kathleen Woodward. "Semiotic Flesh registers an array of intense engagements between the informatic and the fleshly, in arenas as disparate (or as close) as surgery and performance art, the chemistry of hallucinogens and the chemistry of life." - Susan Squier, Brill Professor of Women's Studies and English, The Pennsylvania State University

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Phillip Thurtle • Robert E. Mitchell
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	80
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-98200-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > General Promotions
LSN:	0-295-98200-4
Barcode:	9780295982007

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