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How we became posthuman : virtual bodies in cybernetics, literature, and informatics / N. Katherine Hayles.
| Author/creator | Hayles, N. Katherine, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1999. |
| Description | xiv, 350 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Book review (H-Net) |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Toward embodied virtuality -- Virtual bodies and flickering signifiers -- Contesting for the body of information : the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics -- Liberal subjectivity imperiled : Norbert Wiener and cybernetic anxiety -- From hyphen to splice : cybernetic syntax in Limbo -- The second wave of cybernetics : from reflexivity to self-organization -- Turning reality inside out and right side out : boundary work in the mid-sixties novels of Philip K. Dick -- The materiality of informatics -- Narratives of artificial life -- The semiotics of virtuality : mapping the posthuman -- Conclusion : what does it mean to be posthuman? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98036459 |
| ISBN | 0226321452 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226321455 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226321460 (pbk. :alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226321462 (pbk. :alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | Q 335 .H394 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Joyner | General Stacks | Q 335 .H394 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |