Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk: Cultures of Technological Embodiment Contributor(s): Featherstone, Mike (Editor), Burrows, Roger (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761950842 ISBN-13: 9780761950844 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1996 Click for more in this series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Computers | Information Technology |
Dewey: 303.483 |
LCCN: 96135949 |
Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.28 lbs) 288 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: How can we interpret cyberspace? What is the place of the embodied human agent in the virtual world? This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations. At the same time, the contributors examine the realities of human embodiment and the limits of virtual worlds. Topics examined include: technological body modifications, replacements and prosthetics; bodies in cyberspace, virtual environments and cyborg culture; cultural representations of technological embodiment in visual and literary productions; and cyberpunk scienc |
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