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The Posthuman Body in Superhero Comics: Human, Superhuman, Transhuman, Post/Human
Scott Jeffery
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Description for The Posthuman Body in Superhero Comics: Human, Superhuman, Transhuman, Post/Human
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book examines the concepts of Post/Humanism and Transhumanism as depicted in superhero comics. Recent decades have seen mainstream audiences embrace the comic book Superhuman. Meanwhile there has been increasing concern surrounding human enhancement technologies, with the techno-scientific movement of Transhumanism arguing that it is time humans took active control of their evolution. Utilising Deleuze and Guattari's notion of the rhizome as a non-hierarchical system of knowledge to conceptualize the superhero narrative in terms of its political, social and aesthetic relations to the history of human technological enhancement, this book ... Read more
This book examines the concepts of Post/Humanism and Transhumanism as depicted in superhero comics. Recent decades have seen mainstream audiences embrace the comic book Superhuman. Meanwhile there has been increasing concern surrounding human enhancement technologies, with the techno-scientific movement of Transhumanism arguing that it is time humans took active control of their evolution. Utilising Deleuze and Guattari's notion of the rhizome as a non-hierarchical system of knowledge to conceptualize the superhero narrative in terms of its political, social and aesthetic relations to the history of human technological enhancement, this book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137578228
SKU
V9781137578228
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99-15
About Scott Jeffery
Scott Jeffery received his PhD from the School of Applied Social Science at Stirling University, UK in 2013. His time is currently divided between lecturing in sociology, stand-up comedy, and his blog Nth Mind which covers many topics related to Post/Humanism, comics studies, film, and the esoteric.
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