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Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Transhumanism and Critical Posthumanism
Literary Representations of the Trans- and the Posthuman
Cyberpunk, Postcyberpunk, and Beyond
1. Richard Powers’s Generosity: An Enhancement (2009): A Metafictional Reflection on the Biotechnological Pursuit of Happiness
Generosity: An Enhancement and Transhumanism: The Biotechnological Pursuit of Happiness
Critical Posthumanism and Metafiction in Generosity: An Enhancement
2. When Utopia Meets Dystopia: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices in Dave Eggers’s The Circle (2013)
The Circle and Transhumanism: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices
Critical Posthumanism, Utopia, and Dystopia in The Circle
3. Don DeLillo’s Zero K (2016): Transhumanism, Trauma, and the Ethics of Premature Cryopreservation
Zero K and Transhumanism: Life Extension Technologies
Critical Posthumanism and Trauma in Zero K
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Carmen Laguarta-Bueno is a lecturer at the Department of English and German Studies at the University of Zaragoza. Her work has been published in journals such as Atlantis and The Nordic Journal of English Studies, and in volumes such as Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative (Routledge).
