The souls of cyberfolk : posthumanism as vernacular theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Foster, Thomas, 1959-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2005]
Series:	Electronic mediations ; v. 13.
Subjects:	Science fiction, American > History and criticism. Cybernetics in literature. Literature and technology > United States. Technology in literature. Cyborgs in literature.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information

Table of Contents:

Cyberpunk's posthuman afterlife
The legacies of cyberpunk fiction : new cultural formations and the emergence of the posthuman
Meat puppets or robopaths : the question of (dis)embodiment in neuromancer
The sex appeal of the inorganic : posthuman narratives and constructions of desire
Trapped by the body : telepresence technologies and transgendered performance
The souls of cyberfolk : performativity, virtual embodiment, and racial histories
Replaying the L.A. riots : cyborg narratives and national traumas
Franchise nationalisms : globalization, consumer culture, and new ethnicities
The antinomies of posthuman thought.