Posthuman Bodies

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Posthuman Bodies is a nonfiction book consisting of contributed essays from various authors. The book's editors are Judith M. Halberstam and Ira Livingston, and it was published in 1995 by the Indiana University Press. [1] [2] [3]

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Synopsis

The book consists of thirteen texts or essays within four major units, including the introduction. Topics are organized or overlayed as theoretical, political, cultural discourses that include postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, the arts, artifacts of film, literature, medico-systems, cyborgs, aliens, along with other topics. [1] The four units include: Part one: 'Multiples', Part two: 'Some genders', Part three: 'Queering', and Part four: 'Terminal Bodies'. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Weinstone, Ann (1996). "Posthuman, Postdefinitional". Science Fiction Studies. 23 (2): 303–305. doi:10.1525/sfs.23.2.0303. JSTOR   4240521.
  2. Hayles, N. Katherine (1997). "Interrogating the Posthuman Body". Contemporary Literature. 38 (4): 755–762. doi:10.2307/1208936. JSTOR   1208936.
  3. Chen, Nancy N. (1998). "Reviewed work: Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture, Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla; Posthuman Bodies, Judith Halberstam, Jack Halberstam, Ira Livingston". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 8 (3): 542–546. JSTOR   3704887.
  4. Posthuman Bodies webpage Indiana University Press. Accessed. December 2025

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