feminism at the intersections of media, bioscience, and technology
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Smelik, Anneke > (ed.)
- Creator
- Lykke, Nina > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Braidotti, Rosi
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 3 2008
- Thesaurus
- biologie, technologie, feminisme, media, vrouwenlichamen, hormonen, reageerbuisbevruchting, ouderschap, science fiction, bundel
- Description
- Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the loss of a clear distinction between the two. As this process permeates more of everyday life, the urgent necessity arises to rethink both biology and technology. The human body can no longer be regarded either as a bounded entity or as a naturally given and distinct part of an unquestioned whole. This book assumes a posthuman definition of the body. It is grounded in questions about today's biocultures, which pertain neither to humanist bodily integrity nor to the anthropological assumption that human bodies are the only ones that matter. In exploring current reconfigurations of bodies and embodied subjects, the contributors pursue a technophilic path while articulating new and thoroughly appraised ethical standards.