Posthuman Bodies
Posthuman Bodies is a nonfiction book consisting of contributed essays from various authors. The book's editors are Judith M. Halberstam and Ira Livingston, and it was published in 1995 by the Indiana University Press.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
[edit]The book consists of thirteen texts or essays within four major units, including the introduction. Topics are organized or overlaid as theoretical, political, cultural discourses that include postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, the arts, artifacts of film, literature, medico-systems, cyborgs, aliens, along with other topics.[1] The four units include: Part one: 'Multiples', Part two: 'Some genders', Part three: 'Queering', and Part four: 'Terminal Bodies'.[4]
See also
[edit]- Precarious Life by Judith Butler
References
[edit]- 1 2 Weinstone, Ann (1996). "Posthuman, Postdefinitional". Science Fiction Studies. 23 (2): 303–305. doi:10.1525/sfs.23.2.0303. JSTOR 4240521.
- ↑ Hayles, N. Katherine (1997). "Interrogating the Posthuman Body". Contemporary Literature. 38 (4): 755–762. doi:10.2307/1208936. JSTOR 1208936.
- ↑ Chen, Nancy N. (1998). "Reviewed work: Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture, Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla; Posthuman Bodies, Judith Halberstam, Jack Halberstam, Ira Livingston". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 8 (3): 542–546. JSTOR 3704887.
- ↑ Posthuman Bodies webpage Indiana University Press. Accessed. December 2025
Further reading
[edit]- Heise-von Der Lippe, Anya (2021). "Monstrous Textualities: Writing the Other in Gothic Narratives of Resistance". University of Wales Press. doi:10.2307/jj.14491579.
- Heise-von Der Lippe, Anya (2021). "Posthuman Writing Practices". Monstrous Textualities. University of Wales Press. pp. 208–219. doi:10.2307/jj.14491579.18.