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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Phillip Thurtle , Robert E. MitchellPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780295982007ISBN 10: 0295982004 Pages: 80 Publication Date: 01 August 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Fleshy Data: Semiotics, Information, and the Body--Robert Mitchell and Phillip Thurtle 1. LSDNA: Consciousness Expansion and the Emergence of Biotechnology--Richard Doyle --Response--Steven Shaviro 2. The Virtual Surgeon: Operating on the Data in an Age of Medialization--Timothy Lenoir --Response--Peter Oppenheimer 3. Flesh and Metal: Reconfiguring the Mindbody in Virtual Environments--N. Katherine Hayles --Response--Kathleen WoodwardReviews"""Semiotic Flesh registers an array of intense engagements between the informatic and the fleshly, in arenas as disparate (or as close) as surgery and performance art, the chemistry of hallucinogens and the chemistry of life.""--Susan Squier, Pennsylvania State University" Semiotic Flesh registers an array of intense engagements between the informatic and the fleshly, in arenas as disparate (or as close) as surgery and performance art, the chemistry of hallucinogens and the chemistry of life. --Susan Squier, Pennsylvania State University ""Semiotic Flesh registers an array of intense engagements between the informatic and the fleshly, in arenas as disparate (or as close) as surgery and performance art, the chemistry of hallucinogens and the chemistry of life.""--Susan Squier, Pennsylvania State University Author InformationPhillip Thurtle is a lecturer in the School of Communications and the Comparative History of Ideas Program at the University of Washington, where he is co-director of the New Media Research Lab. Robert E. Mitchell is a lecturer in comparative literature at the University of Washington. Contributors include Richard Doyle, N. Katherine Hayles, Timothy Lenoir, Peter Oppenheimer, Steven Shaviro, and Kathleen Woodward. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |