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Posthumanity in the Anthropocene: Margaret Atwood's Dystopias: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

Autor Esther Muñoz-González
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2024
In this book, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels—The Handmaid’s Tale, the MaddAddam trilogy, The Heart Goes Last, and The Testaments—are analyzed from the perspective provided by the combined views of the construction of the posthuman subject in its interactions with science and technology, and the Anthropocene as a cultural field of enquiry. Posthumanist critical concerns try to dismantle anthropocentric notions of the human and defend the need for a closer relationship between humanity and the environment. Supported by the exemplification of the generic characteristics of the cli-fi genre, this book discusses the effects of climate change, at the individual level, and as a collective threat that can lead to a "world without us." Moreover, Margaret Atwood is herself the constant object of extensive academic interest and Posthuman theory is widely taught, researched, and explored in almost every intellectual field. This book is aimed at worldwide readers, not only those interested in Margaret Atwood’s oeuvre, but also those interested in the debate between critical posthumanism and transhumanism, together with the ethical implications of living in the Anthropocene era regarding our daily lives and practices. It will be especially attractive for academics: university teachers, postgraduates, researchers, and college students in general.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032390550
ISBN-10: 1032390557
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Academic and Postgraduate

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1.Introduction to Posthumanism, Guiding Ideas, and Tenets
The Posthuman/Posthumanism
The Anthropocene and Climate Fiction
Dystopias

2. The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments. From Dystopian Departure to Utopian Inspiration
Introduction
The Posthuman: Surveillance and Biotechnological Modifications
The Anthropocene and Climate Fiction
The Handmaid’s Tale
’s and The Testaments’s Dystopian Character
3. MaddAddam: Eternal Return?
Introduction
The Posthuman Body, Identity, and Ethics
MaddAddam as Cli-Fiction
MaddAddam as Dystopia
4. The Heart Goes Last: Dante’s Inferno in the 21st Century
Introduction
Surveillance and Biotechnology: Gluttony, Greed, and Anger
The Heart Goes Last as a Dystopia: Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery
Conclusion
Index

Notă biografică

Esther Muñoz-González is a lecturer at the Department of English and German Studies at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Her work has been published in journals such as Atlantis and Brno Studies in English and in volumes such as Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative (Routledge).

Descriere

This book analyzes Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels The Handmaid’s Tale, The MaddAddam trilogy, The Heart Goes Last and The Testaments from perspective of posthuman theory in the Anthropocene. Atwood shows the evolution of Western society’s maladies and her own position and response to the changes