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Scott Bukatman's Terminal Identityāreferring to both the site of the termination of the conventional "subject" and the birth of a new subjectivity constructed at the computer terminal or television screen--puts to rest any lingering doubts of the significance of science fiction in contemporary cultural studies. Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge, both of the history of science fiction narrative from its earliest origins, and of cultural theory and philosophy, Bukatman redefines the nature of human identity in the Information Age.
Drawing on a wide range of contemporary theories of the postmodernāincluding Fredric Jameson, Donna Haraway, and Jean BaudrillardāBukatman begins with the proposition that Western culture is suffering a crisis brought on by advanced electronic technologies. Then in a series of chapters richly supported by analyses of literary texts, visual arts, film, video, television, comics, computer games, and graphics, Bukatman takes the reader on an odyssey that traces the postmodern subject from its current crisis, through its close encounters with technology, and finally to new self-recognition. This new "virtual subject," as Bukatman defines it, situates the human and the technological as coexistent, codependent, and mutally defining.
Synthesizing the most provocative theories of postmodern culture with a truly encyclopedic treatment of the relevant media, this volume sets a new standard in the study of science fictionāa category that itself may be redefined in light of this work. Bukatman not only offers the most detailed map to date of the intellectual terrain of postmodern technology studiesāhe arrives at new frontiers, providing a propitious launching point for further inquiries into the relationship of electronic technology and culture.
Drawing on a wide range of contemporary theories of the postmodernāincluding Fredric Jameson, Donna Haraway, and Jean BaudrillardāBukatman begins with the proposition that Western culture is suffering a crisis brought on by advanced electronic technologies. Then in a series of chapters richly supported by analyses of literary texts, visual arts, film, video, television, comics, computer games, and graphics, Bukatman takes the reader on an odyssey that traces the postmodern subject from its current crisis, through its close encounters with technology, and finally to new self-recognition. This new "virtual subject," as Bukatman defines it, situates the human and the technological as coexistent, codependent, and mutally defining.
Synthesizing the most provocative theories of postmodern culture with a truly encyclopedic treatment of the relevant media, this volume sets a new standard in the study of science fictionāa category that itself may be redefined in light of this work. Bukatman not only offers the most detailed map to date of the intellectual terrain of postmodern technology studiesāhe arrives at new frontiers, providing a propitious launching point for further inquiries into the relationship of electronic technology and culture.
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Publisher
Duke University Press BooksYear
1993Print ISBN
9780822313403, 9780822313328eBook ISBN
9780822379287Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Terminal Image
- Part 2. Terminal Space
- Part 3. Terminal Penetration
- Part 4. Terminal Flesh
- Part 5. Terminal Resistance/Cyborg Acceptance
- Notes
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index