The Souls Of Cyberfolk : Posthumanism As Vernacular Theory

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Cyberpunk's Posthuman Afterlife xi 1. The Legacies of Cyberpunk Fiction: New Cultural Formations and the Emergence of the Posthuman 1(48) 2. Meat Puppets or Robopaths: The Question of (Dis)Embodiment in Neuromancer 49(32) 3. The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic: Posthuman Narratives and the Construction of Desire 81(34) 4. Trapped by the Body: Telepresence Technologies and Transgendered Performance 115(22) 5. The Souls of Cyberfolk: Performativity, Virtual Embodiment, and Racial Histories 137(34) 6. Replaying the L.A. Riots: Cyborg Narratives and National Traumas 171(32) 7. Franchise Nationalisms: Globalization, Consumer Culture, and New Ethnicities 203(26) Conclusion: The Antinomies of Posthuman Thought 229(16) Notes 245(36) Works Cited 281(24) Index 305