Murray, S orcid.org/0000-0003-2996-1908 (2020) Disability and the Posthuman: Bodies, Technology, and Cultural Futures. Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society, 10 . Liverpool University Press ISBN 978-1-789-62164-8
Abstract
Disability and the Posthuman is the first study to analyse cultural representations and deployments of disability as they interact with posthumanist theories of technology and embodiment. Working across a wide range of texts, many new to critical enquiry, in contemporary writing, film and cultural practice from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Japan, it covers a diverse range of topics, including: contemporary cultural theory and aesthetics; design, engineering and gender; the visualisation of prosthetic technologies in the representation of war and conflict; and depictions of work, time and sleep. While noting the potential limitations of posthumanist assessments of the technologized body, the study argues that there are exciting, productive possibilities and subversive potentials in the dialogue between disability and posthumanism as they generate dissident crossings of cultural spaces. Such intersections cover both fictional/imagined and material/grounded examples of disability and look to a future in which the development of technology and complex embodiment of disability presence align to produce sustainable yet radical creative and critical voices.
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Item Type: | Book |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Wellcome Trust 205336/Z/16/Z Royal Society AX170016 British Academy SG-51847 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2019 13:31 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2020 14:58 |
Published Version: | https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/i... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
Series Name: | Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:149991 |