ABSTRACT
First Published in 2002. Advanced technologies challenge conventional understandings of the human subject by transforming the body into a conduit between external forces and the internal psyche. This title discusses the intense controversy about how to best understand and represent human subjectivity in a technology-intensive era. Yaszek provides an overview by linking specific modes of identity and agency to engagement with specific manifestations of technology itself.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|33 pages
“A new mode of expression takes over”
Cybernetic Citizenship in the Postwar Novel
chapter Chapter 2|43 pages
“You've come a long way, baby”
Imag(in)ing Technology, Gender, and Race in Women's Science Fiction
chapter Chapter 3|30 pages
“It's all about getting things done”
Bodies Th/at Work in Cyberpunk Fiction
