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Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Frenchy Lunning
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:296 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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| Category/Genre | Graphic novels: history and criticism |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780816654826
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| Classifications | Dewey:741.5952 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Publication Date |
5 November 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Limits of the Human - the third volume in the Mechademia series - maps the terrain of posthumanity using manga and anime as guides and signposts to understand how to think about humanity's new potentialities and limits. Through a wide range of texts - the folklore-inspired monsters that populate Mizuki Shigeru's manga; Japan's Gothic Lolita subculture; Tezuka Osamu's original cyborg hero, Atom, and his manga version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (along with Otomo Katsuhiro's 2001 anime film adaptation); the robot anime, Gundam; and the notion of the uncanny in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, among others - the essays in this volume reject simple human onhuman dichotomies and instead encourage a provocative rethinking of the definitions of humanity along entirely unexpected frontiers.
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