The Posthuman Body in Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box”

• Authors: Amelia Precup
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper participates in the discussion about the configuration of what is commonly being referred to as ‘the posthuman condition’ by addressing the technological transformation of the human body and the cultural and political inflections of this transformation through the exploration of Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box.” The paper interrogates the implication of the fusion of flesh and technology and the re-conceptualization of the body as information, thus enabling insights into how these changes affect subjectivity, individuality, and the stereotyped understanding of gender hierarchies.

Keywords

EN

Jennifer Egan; “Black Box,” the posthuman body; the body as information; technology; gender

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: American, British and Canadian Studies Journal
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 171-186

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-02-12

Contributors

author

Amelia Precup

• Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/abcsj-2015-0013