Bodies of tomorrow technology, subjectivity, science fiction

251 Pages·2007·2.338 MB·English

by  Sherryl Vint;

BODIES OF TOMORROW:
TECHNOLOGY, SUBJECTIVITY, SCIENCE FICTION
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SHERRYL VINT
Bodies of Tomorrow
Technology, Subjectivity,
Science Fiction
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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
Vint, Sherryl. Bodies of Tomorrow : Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction, University of Toronto Press,
2007. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4634687.
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© University of Toronto Press Incorporated 2007
Toronto Buffalo London
Printed in Canada
ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-9052-2
ISBN-10: 0-8020-9052-4
Printed on acid-free paper
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Vint, Sherryl, 1969–
Bodies of tomorrow : technology, subjectivity, science
fiction / Sherryl Vint.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-9052-2
ISBN-10: 0-8020-9052-4
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Problematic Selves and Unexpected Others 3
1 Gwyneth Jones: The World of the Body and the Body of
the World 27
2 Octavia Butler: Be(com)ing Human 56
3 Iain M. Banks: The Culture-al Body 79
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my PhD supervisor, Dr Doug Barbour, for his support
and encouragement during my years working on my degree. Without him,
I would not have been able to write this book. Thanks are also due to
Heather Zwicker and Janice Williamson, members of my supervisory com-
mittee; their enthusiasm kept me at the project and their wisdom has
improved it greatly. Jo-Ann Wallace is due thanks for the course on Femi-
nist Theories of the Body that I took with her during my PhD program, a
course that has inspired my thinking in this project and the years since.
In the years since the PhD, thanks are due to many people whom I’ve
met in the field who have inspired and supported me. Most thanks is
due to Veronica Hollinger, without whose encouragement I would never
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An earlier version of part of chapter 1 appeared as ‘Double Identity:
Interpellation in Gwyneth Jones’s Aleution Trilogy’ in Science Fiction
Studies 28.2 (November 2001): 399–425. I thank the editors of Science Fic-
tion Studies for permission to reprint this material.
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BODIES OF TOMORROW
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