"Using the non-human construct of the cyborg, this book address the problems inherent in difference and oppression, like gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, human exceptionalism and global borders"--
"Using the non-human construct of the cyborg, this book address the problems inherent in difference and oppression, like gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, human exceptionalism and global borders"--
Laura Forlano is Professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. She is a coeditor of three books: digitalSTS, and Bauhaus Futures and From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen (both MIT Press). Danya Glabau is Industry Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. She is the author of Food Allergy Advocacy: Parenting and the Politics of Care.
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CONTENTS: Series Foreword vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Cyborg Labor 27 3 Cyborg Bodies 55 4 Cyborg Culture 81 5 A Manifesto for Cyborgs 113 6 Troubling Cyborgs 137 7 Conclusion: Cyborg Futures 165 Glossary 179 Notes 183 Bibliography 193 Further Reading 201 Index 205
