Human No More: Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607321890 ISBN 13: 9781607321897

Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 2012

Synopsis

Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities.

Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography. They break definitions, blur distinctions, and force us to rethink the notion of the "subject." Human No More asks how digital cultures can be integrated and how the ethnography of both the "unhuman" and the "digital" could lead to possible reconfiguring the notion of the "human."

This provocative and groundbreaking work challenges fundamental assumptions about the entire field of anthropology. Cross-disciplinary research from well-respected contributors makes this volume vital to the understanding of contemporary human interaction. It will be of interest not only to anthropologists but also to students and scholars of media, communication, popular culture, identity, and technology.

About this title

About the Author

Neil L. Whitehead is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Michael Wesch is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607321890
• ISBN 13: 9781607321897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 253
• Editor: Whitehead Neil L., Wesch Michael