Overview
- Investigates the underground root systems that connect the Transhuman, the Post/Human and the comic book Superhuman
- Analyzes superheros through the lens of Post/Humanism
- Introduces a fresh theoretical perspective to the question of reader-text relations
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels (PSCGN)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the concepts of Post/Humanism and Transhumanism as depicted in superhero comics. Recent decades have seen mainstream audiences embrace the comic book Superhuman. Meanwhile there has been increasing concern surrounding human enhancement technologies, with the techno-scientific movement of Transhumanism arguing that it is time humans took active control of their evolution. Utilising Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of the rhizome as a non-hierarchical system of knowledge to conceptualize the superhero narrative in terms of its political, social and aesthetic relations to the history of human technological enhancement, this book draws upon a diverse range of texts to explore the way in which the posthuman has been represented in superhero comics, while simultaneously highlighting its shared historical development with Post/Humanist critical theory and the material techno-scientific practices of Transhumanism.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Scott Jeffery received his PhD from the School of Applied Social Science at Stirling University, UK in 2013. His time is currently divided between lecturing in sociology, stand-up comedy, and his blog Nth Mind which covers many topics related to Post/Humanism, comics studies, film, and the esoteric.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Posthuman Body in Superhero Comics
Book Subtitle: Human, Superhuman, Transhuman, Post/Human
Authors: Scott Jeffery
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54950-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57822-8Published: 12 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54950-1Published: 11 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6370
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 264
Topics: Media and Communication, American Culture, Philosophy of Technology, Contemporary Literature