Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life

Kember, Sarah

ISBN 10: 0415240271 / ISBN 13: 9780415240277

Published by Routledge, 2002

About this Item

Examining the construction, manipulation and re-definition of life in contemporary technoscientific culture, this book aims to re-focus concern on the ethics rather than on the 'nature' of artificial life. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2002. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415240271
• ISBN 13: 9780415240277
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life examines the construction, manipulation and re-definition of life in contemporary technoscientific culture. It takes a critical political view of the concept of life as information, tracing this through the new biology and the discourse of genomics as well as through the changing discipline of artificial life and its manifestation in art, language, literature, commerce and entertainment. From cloning to computer games, and incorporating an analysis of hardware, software and 'wetware', Sarah Kember extends current understanding by demonstrating the ways in which this relatively marginal field connects with, and connects up global networks of information systems.
Ultimately, this book aims to re-focus concern on the ethics rather than on the 'nature' of life-as-it-could-be.

About the Author

Sarah Kember is a senior lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is the author of Virtual Anxiety. Photography, New Technologies and Subjectivity, 1998.