ScienceFriction: Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body Dualism - Couverture souple

Perham, John

 
9783659865053: ScienceFriction: Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body Dualism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659865052 ISBN 13 : 9783659865053
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This book investigates the multiple readings that arise when the division between the biological and technological is interrupted--here abjection is key because the binary between abjection and gadgetry gives multiple meanings to other binaries, including male/female. Using David Cronenberg's Videodrome and eXistenZ, I argue that multiple readings arise because of people's participation with electronically mediated technology. Indeed, abjection is salient because Cronenberg's films present an ambivalent relationship between people and technology; this relationship is often an uneasy one because technology changes people on both a somatic and cognitive level.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book investigates the multiple readings that arise when the division between the biological and technological is interrupted--here abjection is key because the binary between abjection and gadgetry gives multiple meanings to other binaries, including male/female. Using David Cronenberg's Videodrome and eXistenZ, I argue that multiple readings arise because of people's participation with electronically mediated technology. Indeed, abjection is salient because Cronenberg's films present an ambivalent relationship between people and technology; this relationship is often an uneasy one because technology changes people on both a somatic and cognitive level.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Perham was born in South Vietnam. He moved to the United States when he was six years old. He earned his B.A. from The University of California, Riverside, in 2009. In 2012, he earned his M.F.A. from California State University, San Bernardino. He will earn a Master's degree in both literature and composition, also from C.S.U.S.B. spring 2016.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659865052
ISBN 13 
9783659865053
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
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