ScienceFriction: Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body Dualism

Perham, John

ISBN 10: 3659865052 / ISBN 13: 9783659865053

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ScienceFriction: Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body Dualism
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659865052
• ISBN 13: 9783659865053
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book investigates the multiple readings that arise when the division between the biological and technological is interrupted--here abjection is key because the binary between abjection and gadgetry gives multiple meanings to other binaries, including male/female. Using David Cronenberg's Videodrome and eXistenZ, I argue that multiple readings arise because of people's participation with electronically mediated technology. Indeed, abjection is salient because Cronenberg's films present an ambivalent relationship between people and technology; this relationship is often an uneasy one because technology changes people on both a somatic and cognitive level.

About the Author

John Perham was born in South Vietnam. He moved to the United States when he was six years old. He earned his B.A. from The University of California, Riverside, in 2009. In 2012, he earned his M.F.A. from California State University, San Bernardino. He will earn a Master's degree in both literature and composition, also from C.S.U.S.B. spring 2016.