The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television

What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world.

About the author

Drew Ayers, Santa Barbara City College, USA
Babette Babich, Fordham University, USA
Jon Baldwin, London Metropolitan University, UK
Douglas Brown, Falmouth University, UK
William Brown, University of Roehampton, UK
John Bruni, Grand Valley State University, USA
Ivan Callus, University of Malta
Curtis D. Carbonell, Khalifa University, UAE
Steen Ledet Christiansen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt University, USA
T. Hugh Crawford, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
James DiGiovanna, CUNY, USA
Francesca Ferrando, New York University, USA
Elaine Graham, University of Chester, UK
Graham Harman, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Dan Hassler-Forest, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Michael Hauskeller, University of Exeter, UK
Phil Henderson, University of Victoria, Canada
Stefan Herbrechter, Heidelberg University, Germany
Eric Hill, Winthrop University, USA
James Hughes, Trinity College, USA
Joel Krueger, University of Exeter, UK
Tanya Krzywinska, Falmouth University, UK
Kevin LaGrandeur, New York Institute of Technology, USA
Tarja Laine, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brett Lunceford, Rhetorical Scholar, USA
Teodora Manea, University of Exeter, UK
David Meeler, Winthrop University, USA
Jeff Menne, Oklahoma State University, USA
Pramod K. Nayar, University of Hyderabad, India
Dónal P O'Mathúna, Dublin City University, Ireland
Alexander D. Ornella, University of Hull, UK
Thomas D. Philbeck, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Anat Pick, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Ralph Pordzik, Würzburg University, Germany
Anna Powell, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
David Roden, Open University, UK
Rhys Owain Thomas, University of East Anglia, UK
Sherryl Vint, University of California, Riverside, USA
Hilary Wheaton, University of Exeter, UK
Hub Zwart, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Summary

What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world.

Product details

• Assisted by: Curtis D. Carbonell (Editor), Curti D Carbonell (Editor), Curtis D Carbonell (Editor), Thomas D Philbeck (Editor), Michael Hauskeller (Editor), Thomas D. Philbeck (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781349577019
• ISBN: 978-1-349-57701-9
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 27 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 715 g
• Illustrations: XXIII, 450 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; B, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Communication, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Film History, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Philosophy, general, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism