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The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory
In The Souls of Cyberfolk, Thomas Foster traces the transformation of cyberpunk from a literary movement into a multimedia cultural phenomenon. He examines how cyberpunk defined a framework for thinking about the cultural implications of new technologies - a framework flexible enough to incorporate issues of gender, queer sexualities, and ethnic and racial differences as ...more
Paperback, 344 pages
Published
May 1st 2005
by University Of Minnesota Press
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I skimmed this book to try to discover why I love dystopian novels and posthumanism (uploading consciousness into a less squishy and longer-lasting package, for instance). No insights from the book, beyond some entertaining quotes, like the goal of cyberpunk: Live fast, die young, and leave a highly-augmented corpse. Love that.
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