Miller, Gerald Alva
Exploring the Limits of the Human through Science Fiction
1. Introduction The Genre of the Non-Place: Science Fiction as Critical Theory
Gerald Alva Miller
Part I. Science Fictions of Estrangement
2. Variables of the Human: Gender and the Programmable Subject in Samuel R. Delany’s
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3. The Human as Desiring Machine: Anime Explorations of Disembodiment and Evolution
Gerald Alva Miller
Part II. Science Fictions of the Present
4. The Eversion of the Virtual: Postmodernity and Control Societies in William Gibson’s Science Fictions of the Present
Gerald Alva Miller
5. The Spectacle of Memory: Realism, Narrative, and Time Travel Cinema
Gerald Alva Miller
6. Conclusion: Beyond the Human: Ontogenesis, Technology, and the Posthuman in Kubrick and Clarke’s
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Nyckelord: Literature, Literary History, Fiction, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Twentieth-Century Literature
- Författare
- Miller, Gerald Alva
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2012
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
- Sidantal
- 248 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137330796
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-1-349-44234-8