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The Posthuman Body in Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box” Cover

The Posthuman Body in Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box”

By: Amelia Precup  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

Abstract

This paper participates in the discussion about the configuration of what is commonly being referred to as ‘the posthuman condition’ by addressing the technological transformation of the human body and the cultural and political inflections of this transformation through the exploration of Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box.” The paper interrogates the implication of the fusion of flesh and technology and the re-conceptualization of the body as information, thus enabling insights into how these changes affect subjectivity, individuality, and the stereotyped understanding of gender hierarchies.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2015-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 171 - 186
Published on: Feb 12, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2016 Amelia Precup, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.