Bodies of Tomorrow – Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction Vint Paperback

Bodies of Tomorrow\nby Sherryl Vint\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sherryl Vint\nTitle: Bodies of Tomorrow\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Popular culture\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781487524999\nISBN-10: 1487524994\nRRP: \u00A329.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nAnxieties about embodiment and posthumanism have always found an outlet in the science fiction of the day. In Bodies of Tomorrow, Sherryl Vint argues for a new model of an ethical and embodied posthuman subject through close readings of the works of Gwyneth Jones, Octavia Butler, Iain M. Banks, William Gibson, and other science fiction authors. Vint's discussion is firmly contextualized by discussions of contemporary technoscience, specifically genetics and inf.