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Archive for the 'Posthuman' Category

Language and Art at the Ends of Civilization

• February 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Oryx and Crake, Posthuman
Tags: art, language, representation, symbol, writing

Animalistic Interactions in Oryx and Crake

• February 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Chimeras, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman
Tags: animals, anthropomorphism, linguistics, Margaret Atwood, storytelling

The Actual(ized) Aesthetic of the Body

• February 18, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Genetic engineering, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman, Science and humanities
Tags: aesthetics and the body, artificiality, organ transplants, speculative fiction, virtuality

The Commodification of the Genetic Code

• February 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Medicine and literature, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman
Tags: Capitalism, child pornography, commodification, DNA, ethics, Feudalism, Genes, genetics, Marxism, NOVA, Oryx and Crake, Ownership, prostitution, The Human Genome Project

Genealogies and Language

• January 22, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Darwin, Ethics of science, Evolution, Posthuman, Science and humanities
Tags: androgyny, apes, Darwin, epistemology, Evolution, Genealogy, geology, language, linguistics, metaphor, Origin of Species, Penis

Pick Your Ending: Understanding Atwood’s Ending to Oryx and Crake

• April 2, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Oryx and Crake, Posthuman
Tags: closure, Margaret Atwood