The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television [recurso electrónico

What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world. 1 Posthumanism in Film and Television -- Part I: Paving the Way to Posthumanism: The Precursors -- 2 From DelGuat to ScarJo -- 3 'Self-Immolation by Technology': Jean Baudrillard and the Posthuman in Film and Television -- 4 Derrida on Screen -- 5 Bruno Latour: From the Non-Modern to the Posthuman -- 6 Friedrich Nietzsche and the Posthuman/Transhuman in Film and Television -- Part II: Varieties of People-to-Come: Posthuman Becomings. 7 Terminated: The Life and Death of the Cyborg in Film and Television -- 8 Of Iron Men and Green Monsters: Superheroes and Posthumanism -- 9 Growing Your Own: Monsters from the Lab and Molecular Ethics in Posthumanist Film -- 10 Post-Singularity Entities in Film and TV -- 11 Chimeras and Hybrids: The Digital Swarms of the Posthuman Image -- Part III: Rise of the Machines: Posthuman Intellects. 12 Androids and the Posthuman in Television and Film -- 13 'Change for the Machines' Posthumanism as Digital Sentience -- 14 Alive in the Net --^ 15 Autonomous Fighting Machines: Narratives and Ethics -- Part IV: Body and Soul: Posthuman Subjectivities. 16 A Contest of Tropes: Screened Posthuman Subjectivities -- 17 Desire and Uncertainty: Representations of Cybersex in Film and Television -- 18 At Home In and Beyond Our Skin: Posthuman Embodiment in Film and Television -- 19 Constructed Worlds: Posthumanism in Film, Television and Other Cosmopoietic Media -- 20 Games, Gamers and Posthumanism -- Part V: Better Humans: Posthuman Capacities. 21 'Life's a bitch, and then you don't die': Postmortality in Film and Television -- 22 A New Lease on Life: A Lacanian Analysis of Cognitive Enhancement Cinema -- 23 Limitless? There?s a Pill for That: Filmic Representation as Equipment for Living -- 24 Posthumans and Democracy in Popular Culture -- 25 Negative Feelings as Emotional Enhancement in Cinema: The Case of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy --^ Part VI: Creating Difference and Identity: Posthuman Communities. 26 Biopleasures: Posthumanism and the Technological Imaginary in Utopian and Dystopian Film -- 27 Of Posthuman Born: Gender, Utopia and the Posthuman in Films and TV -- 28 Sharing Social Context: Is Community with the Posthuman Possible? -- 29 Our Posthuman Skin Condition -- 30 Muddy Worlds: Re-Viewing Environmental Narratives -- Part VII: Us and Them: Posthuman Relationships. 31 Executing Species: Animal Attractions in Thomas Edison and Douglas Gordon -- 32 The Sun Never Set on the Human Empire: Haunts of Humanism in the Planet of the Apes Films -- 33 Uncanny Intimacies: Humans and Machines in Film -- 34 Posthumanous Subjects -- 35 Identity: Difficulties, Discontinuities and Pluralities of Personhood -- Part VIII: More Human than Human: Posthuman Ontologies. 36 The Final Frontier? Religion and Posthumanism in Film and Television -- 37 The Ghost in the Machine: Humanity and the Problem of Self-Aware Information --^ 38 'Trust a Few, Fear the Rest': The Anxiety and Fantasy of Human Evolution -- 39 Onscreen Ontology: Stages in the Posthumanism Paradigm Shift -- 40 Object Oriented Ontology. edited by Michael Hauskeller, Thomas D. Philbeck, Curtis D. Carbonell. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Posthumanism in Film and Television....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 From DelGuat to ScarJo....Pages 11-18 ‘Self-Immolation by Technology’: Jean Baudrillard and the Posthuman in Film and Television....Pages 19-27 Derrida on Screen....Pages 28-36 Bruno Latour: From the Non-Modern to the Posthuman....Pages 37-44 Friedrich Nietzsche and the Posthuman/Transhuman in Film and Television....Pages 45-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Terminated: The Life and Death of the Cyborg in Film and Television....Pages 57-65 Of Iron Men and Green Monsters: Superheroes and Posthumanism....Pages 66-76 Growing Your Own: Monsters from the Lab and Molecular Ethics in Posthumanist Film....Pages 77-87 Post-Singularity Entities in Film and TV....Pages 88-98 Chimeras and Hybrids: The Digital Swarms of the Posthuman Image....Pages 99-108 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Androids and the Posthuman in Television and Film....Pages 111-119 ‘Change for the Machines’? Posthumanism as Digital Sentience....Pages 120-129 Alive in the Net....Pages 130-140 Autonomous Fighting Machines: Narratives and Ethics....Pages 141-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 A Contest of Tropes: Screened Posthuman Subjectivities....Pages 153-162 Desire and Uncertainty: Representations of Cybersex in Film and Television....Pages 163-171 At Home In and Beyond Our Skin: Posthuman Embodiment in Film and Television....Pages 172-181 Constructed Worlds: Posthumanism in Film, Television and Other Cosmopoietic Media....Pages 182-191 Games, Gamers and Posthumanism....Pages 192-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 ‘Life’s a bitch, and then you don’t die’: Postmortality in Film and Television....Pages 205-213 A New Lease on Life: A Lacanian Analysis of Cognitive Enhancement Cinema....Pages 214-224 Limitless? There’s a Pill for That: Filmic Representation as Equipment for Living....Pages 225-234 Posthumans and Democracy in Popular Culture....Pages 235-245 Negative Feelings as Emotional Enhancement in Cinema: The Case of Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy....Pages 246-255 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Biopleasures: Posthumanism and the Technological Imaginary in Utopian and Dystopian Film....Pages 259-268 Of Posthuman Born: Gender, Utopia and the Posthuman in Films and TV....Pages 269-278 Sharing Social Context: Is Community with the Posthuman Possible?....Pages 279-288 Our Posthuman Skin Condition....Pages 289-298 Muddy Worlds: Re-Viewing Environmental Narratives....Pages 299-308 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Executing Species: Animal Attractions in Thomas Edison and Douglas Gordon....Pages 311-320 The Sun Never Set on the Human Empire: Haunts of Humanism in the Planet of the Apes Films....Pages 321-329 Uncanny Intimacies: Humans and Machines in Film....Pages 330-338 Posthumanous Subjects....Pages 339-348 Identity: Difficulties, Discontinuities and Pluralities of Personhood....Pages 349-358 Front Matter....Pages 359-359 The Final Frontier? Religion and Posthumanism in Film and Television....Pages 361-370 The Ghost in the Machine: Humanity and the Problem of Self-Aware Information....Pages 371-379 ‘Trust a Few, Fear the Rest’: The Anxiety and Fantasy of Human Evolution....Pages 380-390 Onscreen Ontology: Stages in the Posthumanist Paradigm Shift....Pages 391-400 Object-Oriented Ontology....Pages 401-409 Back Matter....Pages 410-450 Cover 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 Contributors 15 1 Posthumanism in Film and Television 24 Part I Paving the Way to Posthumanism:The Precursors 31 2 From DelGuat to ScarJo 32 3 ‘Self-Immolation by Technology’: JeanBaudrillard and the Posthuman in Filmand Television 40 4 Derrida on Screen 49 5 Bruno Latour: From the Non-Modern tothe Posthuman 58 6 Friedrich Nietzsche and thePosthuman/Transhuman in Film andTelevision 66 Part II Varieties of People-to-Come:Posthuman Becomings 75 7 Terminated: The Life and Death of theCyborg in Film and Television 76 8 Of Iron Men and Green Monsters:Superheroes and Posthumanism 85 9 Growing Your Own: Monsters from theLab and Molecular Ethics inPosthumanist Film 96 10 Post-Singularity Entities in Film and TV 107 11 Chimeras and Hybrids: The DigitalSwarms of the Posthuman Image 118 Part III Rise of the Machines: PosthumanIntellects 128 12 Androids and the Posthumanin Television and Film 129 13‘ Change for the Machines’?Posthumanism as Digital Sentience 138 14 Alive in the Net 148 15 Autonomous Fighting Machines:Narratives and Ethics 159 Part IV Body and Soul: PosthumanSubjectivities 168 16 A Contest of Tropes: ScreenedPosthuman Subjectivities 169 18 At Home In and Beyond Our Skin:Posthuman Embodiment in Filmand Television 188 19 Constructed Worlds: Posthumanismin Film, Television and OtherCosmopoietic Media 198 20 Games, Gamers and Posthumanism 208 Part V Better Humans: Posthuman Capacities 218 21 ‘Life’s a bitch, and then you don’t die’:Postmortality in Film and Television 219 22 A New Lease on Life: A LacanianAnalysis of Cognitive EnhancementCinema 228 23 Limitless? There’s a Pill for That: FilmicRepresentation as Equipment for Living 239 24 Posthumans and Democracy in PopularCulture 249 25 Negative Feelings as EmotionalEnhancement in Cinema: The Case ofUlrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy 260 Part VI Creating Difference and Identity:Posthuman Communities 270 26 Biopleasures: Posthumanism and theTechnological Imaginary in Utopianand Dystopian Film 271 27 Of Posthuman Born: Gender, Utopiaand the Posthuman in Films and TV 281 28 Sharing Social Context: Is Communitywith the Posthuman Possible? 291 29 Our Posthuman Skin Condition 301 30 Muddy Worlds: Re-Viewing Environmental Narratives 311 Part VII Us and Them: Posthuman Relationships 321 31 Executing Species: Animal Attractionsin Thomas Edison and Douglas Gordon 322 32 The Sun Never Set on the HumanEmpire: Haunts of Humanism in thePlanet of the Apes Films 332 33 Uncanny Intimacies: Humans andMachines in Film 341 34 Posthumanous Subjects 350 35 Identity: Difficulties, Discontinuities and Pluralities of Personhood 360 Part VIII More Human than Human:Posthuman Ontologies 370 36 The Final Frontier? Religion and Posthumanism in Film and Television 371