Carolyn Lau

Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In dialogue with posthuman thought, this book argues that Ballard's fiction affirms the expansive powers of the human body to create openings in the limited present. This book also positions the transgressive private mythologies of Ballard's characters as strategies of survival and endurance in surrealist everyday catastrophes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000912340
• Artikelnr.: 68325104

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Lau is Lecturer of English Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She teaches and researches in the areas of global speculative fiction, contemporary literature, graphic narratives, and future storytelling.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Valuable Education

Chapter 2. Elementary Geometry

Chapter 3. Autopia

Chapter 4. The Denial of Death

Chapter 5. Neighbourhood Fascism

Chapter 6. A Collective Enterprise

Conclusion

Index

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Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Valuable Education
Chapter 2. Elementary Geometry
Chapter 3. Autopia
Chapter 4. The Denial of Death
Chapter 5. Neighbourhood Fascism
Chapter 6. A Collective Enterprise
Conclusion
Index

Rezensionen

"Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard is a welcome and long overdue addition to the body of criticism on J.G. Ballard. This book finally foregrounds Ballard as a writer concerned with posthumanism and transvaluation. The book intersects posthuman theory, surrealism and transvaluation theories to offer nuanced and original perspectives on the way Ballard's fiction disrupts a normative control and desensitisation achieved through technology, while pointing the ways in which technology can promote inclusive social relation. A must read for any academic and student working on Ballard."

- Dr Elsa Bouet, Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

"Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard is a welcome and long overdue addition to the body of criticism on J.G. Ballard. This book finally foregrounds Ballard as a writer concerned with posthumanism and transvaluation. The book intersects posthuman theory, surrealism and transvaluation theories to offer nuanced and original perspectives on the way Ballard's fiction disrupts a normative control and desensitisation achieved through technology, while pointing the ways in which technology can promote inclusive social relation. A must read for any academic and student working on Ballard."

- Dr Elsa Bouet, Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.