This collection explores the Black body in the context of transhuman realities from a variety of literary and artistic perspectives. Contributing to broader thought about Black transcendence of subjectivity in a posthuman framework, the chapters explore interpretations of the â oldâ and visions of the â newâ human.
This collection explores the Black body in the context of transhuman realities from a variety of literary and artistic perspectives. Contributing to broader thought about Black transcendence of subjectivity in a posthuman framework, the chapters explore interpretations of the â oldâ and visions of the â newâ human.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Melvin G. Hill is associate professor in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Tennessee, Martin.
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Introduction: Black Bodies and Transhuman Realities Melvin G. Hill Chapter One. "European Mind. . .Engrafted upon the African constitution:" Robert Southey's Theory of Miscegenation in the Tranhumanist Context Md. Monirul Islam Chapter Two. The Mystery of the Invisible Drop: Pauline Hopkins's Transhumanist Challenge to Race Science Sarah L. Berry Chapter Three. Arthurian Legend, Algorithmic Code, and Racialized Technology: Technocultural Allusions in Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada Myungsung Kim Chapter Four. Transmedial Posthumanisms: Unmaking the Black Body in Octavia Butler's Kindred and its Graphic Novel Adaptation Nicholas E. Miller Chapter Five. "A Dangerous Idea:" Human Enhancement, Transhuman Desirability, Binary Identity Negotiation, and "Mistranthropy" in George S. Schuyler's Black No More Melvin G. Hill Chapter Six. Transhumanism in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye Rae'Mia Escott Chapter Seven. Glossolalia: Lucille Clifton's Creative Technologies of Becoming Bettina Judd Chapter Eight. Soul in the Shell: Steven Barnes's Aubry Knight Trilogy, Black Cyborgs, and Cyberpunk Investigations of Technological Black Bodies Alexander Dumas J. Brickler IV Chapter Nine. Revising the White Cyborg: The Interstitial Heroism of Del Spooner in I, Robot and Charles Gunn in Angel Christian Jimenez Chapter Ten. On the (Un)Becoming of Cindi Mayweather: The Transhumanist Gynoid Performativity of Janelle Monáe Kwasu D. Tembo Index About the Editor About the Contributors
Introduction: Black Bodies and Transhuman Realities Melvin G. Hill Chapter One. "European Mind. . .Engrafted upon the African constitution:" Robert Southey's Theory of Miscegenation in the Tranhumanist Context Md. Monirul Islam Chapter Two. The Mystery of the Invisible Drop: Pauline Hopkins's Transhumanist Challenge to Race Science Sarah L. Berry Chapter Three. Arthurian Legend, Algorithmic Code, and Racialized Technology: Technocultural Allusions in Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada Myungsung Kim Chapter Four. Transmedial Posthumanisms: Unmaking the Black Body in Octavia Butler's Kindred and its Graphic Novel Adaptation Nicholas E. Miller Chapter Five. "A Dangerous Idea:" Human Enhancement, Transhuman Desirability, Binary Identity Negotiation, and "Mistranthropy" in George S. Schuyler's Black No More Melvin G. Hill Chapter Six. Transhumanism in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye Rae'Mia Escott Chapter Seven. Glossolalia: Lucille Clifton's Creative Technologies of Becoming Bettina Judd Chapter Eight. Soul in the Shell: Steven Barnes's Aubry Knight Trilogy, Black Cyborgs, and Cyberpunk Investigations of Technological Black Bodies Alexander Dumas J. Brickler IV Chapter Nine. Revising the White Cyborg: The Interstitial Heroism of Del Spooner in I, Robot and Charles Gunn in Angel Christian Jimenez Chapter Ten. On the (Un)Becoming of Cindi Mayweather: The Transhumanist Gynoid Performativity of Janelle Monáe Kwasu D. Tembo Index About the Editor About the Contributors
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