Disability and the posthuman bodies, technology and cultural futures

This study analyses 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...

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Other Authors: Murray, Stuart, 1967- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press [2020]
Series:Representations.
Liverpool scholarship online.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740864906719
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Summary:This study analyses 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.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2020.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781789621655
9781800341159
9781789627473