Disability and the Posthuman - Bodies, Technology, and Cultural Futures (Hardcover)

Disability and the Posthuman is the first study to analyse cultural representations and deployments of disability as they interact with posthumanist theories of technology and embodiment. Working across a wide range of texts, many new to critical enquiry, in contemporary writing, film and cultural practice from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Japan, it covers a diverse range of topics, including: contemporary cultural theory and aesthetics; design, engineering and gender; the visualisation of prosthetic technologies in the representation of war and conflict; and depictions of work, time and sleep. While noting the potential limitations of posthumanist assessments of the technologized body, the study argues that there are exciting, productive possibilities and subversive potentials in the dialogue between disability and posthumanism as they generate dissident crossings of cultural spaces. Such intersections cover both fictional/imagined and material/grounded examples of disability and look to a future in which the development of technology and complex embodiment of disability presence align to produce sustainable yet radical creative and critical voices.

General

Imprint:	Liverpool University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society, 10
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Stuart Fletcher Murray
Dimensions:	239 x 163mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-78962-164-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-78962-164-X
Barcode:	9781789621648

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