Posthuman Folklore

by Tok Thompson

Can a monkey own a selfie? Can a chimp use habeas corpus to sue for freedom? Can androids be citizens? Increasingly, such difficult questions have moved from the realm of science fiction into the realm of everyday life, and scholars and laypeople alike are struggling to find ways to grasp new notions of personhood.

Posthuman Folklore is the first work of its kind: both an overview of posthumanism as it applies to folklore studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496825098
• ISBN13: 9781496825094
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"