Gomel, Elana
Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism
1. Introduction: Why Do We Need Aliens?
Elana Gomel
Part I. Confrontation
2. “The Force that Gives us Meaning”: Alien Invasion and Search for Redemption
Elana Gomel
3. Idylls of the Same: Soviet SF, Cosmic Humanism, and Escape from History
Elana Gomel
Part II. Assimilation
4. The Contagion of Posthumanity: Alien Infestation and the Paradox of Subjectivity
Elana Gomel
5. Human Skins, Alien Masks: Allegories of Postcolonial Guilt
Elana Gomel
Part III. Transformation
6. The Human Trinity: What Makes Us Other?
Elana Gomel
7. Stanislaw Lem and the Holocaust of Humanism
Elana Gomel
8. Postscript
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Nyckelord: Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Fiction, North American Literature
- Författare
- Gomel, Elana
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2014
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 243 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137367631
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-1-349-47453-0