Visceral Prostheses: Somatechnics and Posthuman Embodiment

by Margrit Shildrick

Book Overview

In the postmodern era, when the interface of bodies, biologies and technologies increasingly challenges the very notion of what counts as human, this open access book proposes new understandings of the limits and possible extensions of posthuman embodiment.

Focusing on prostheses, Margrit Shildrick broadens our understanding of both what prostheses are and what they might mean for human embodiment. As well as rehabilitation devices used...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350176494
• ISBN13: 9781350176492
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"