Bodies and/as Technology Counter-Discourses on Ethnicity and Globalization in the Works of Alejandro Morales, Larissa Lai and Nalo Hopkinson. Dissertationsschrift

Exploring the relations of ethnicity and technology in the global age, 'Bodies and/as Technology' analyzes how cultural discourses about ethnic bodies and information technology are reflected in American science fiction literature and film. Reading the novels of Alejandro Morales ('The Brick People', 'The Rag Doll Plagues'), Larissa Lai ('When Fox is a Thousand', 'Salt Fish Girl') and Nalo Hopkinson ('Brown Girl in the Ring', 'Midnight Robber') as counter-discourses to the popular works 'Blade Runner' (Ridley Scott), 'Neuromancer' (William Gibson), and 'The Matrix' film trilogy (Andy and Larry Wachowski), this study applies postcolonial theory to science fiction and argues for a transnational perspective on theoretical, literary, and cinematic imageries of the intersections of globalization, information technology, and ethnicity.

Riassunto

Exploring the relations of ethnicity and technology in the global age, 'Bodies and/as Technology' analyzes how cultural discourses about ethnic bodies and information technology are reflected in American science fiction literature and film. Reading the novels of Alejandro Morales ('The Brick People', 'The Rag Doll Plagues'), Larissa Lai ('When Fox is a Thousand', 'Salt Fish Girl') and Nalo Hopkinson ('Brown Girl in the Ring', 'Midnight Robber') as counter-discourses to the popular works 'Blade Runner' (Ridley Scott), 'Neuromancer' (William Gibson), and 'The Matrix' film trilogy (Andy and Larry Wachowski), this study applies postcolonial theory to science fiction and argues for a transnational perspective on theoretical, literary, and cinematic imageries of the intersections of globalization, information technology, and ethnicity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sonja Georgi
• Editore: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.12.2011
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese
• EAN: 9783825359096
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-5909-6
• Numero di pagine: 406
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 21 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 587 g
• Serie: American Studies / A Monograph Series > 211; American Studies > Vol.211; American Studies – A Monograph Series > 211; American Studies / A Monograph Series > 211; American Studies > 211
• Categorie: Postkoloniale Theorie, Gibson, William, Cyborg , Ethnizität /i. d. Literatur, Technologie /i. d. Literatur, Hopkinson, Nalo, Morales, Alejandro, Lai, Larissa, Informationstechnologie /i. d. Literatur