Posthuman Bodies

284 Pages·1995·7.762 MB·English

by  Judith Halberstam, Ira Livingston

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Contents

Preface
vii

Acknowledgments
x

IntroduPcotsithounm:a n Bodies
1
Judith HaalnbIder ras tLaimv ingston

PART I

Multiples
ONE IdenitnOi sthyk osh
AllucRqousearSnetn oen e 23

TwoT woL essfroonmBs urroughs

StevSehna viro

PART II

SomeG ensd er

THREE ThEen d tohWfeo rlodfW hiMteen
KatAhcyk er 57

FOUR Class and ItsI dCelnotsiet iReesl ations:
amonWgom enS,e rvaanntMdsa ,c hines
73
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v-·FI VE So�f� ictainoIdnn st iDmoactuem ents:
CanF emm1BsePm o sthuman?
.P auRlaab inowitz 97
six Re�pdrucitnhPgeo sthuman Body:
EctogenetS1uocrg raFMteoett uhse,r ,
PregnMaannt
SusMa.nS quier 113
Contents
vi
PARTI II
Queering
SEVENT hSee duvcePt oiwoefrS cieinnc e
thMea kionfDg e viant Subjecti1v3i5ty
JeinfnTeerrr y
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HistoorfAy b ortion 225
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Contributors

Index
Preface·

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afi geut rhrowuhgihcc uhl ture iso rpireoIncnte esetdssh.ese da ya tnhd at

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alien,a nnqdou remiemsare l r etlheyec hoofa b attthlhaeat as l rye ad

takpelna Tcheia.sr gumiensno attt ructlha im butti,t ltlehi ek oef the
voluimte,sa enol pfeinn vittaoet nigodanig esr csuiavnbedo dciolnyfi gu­
ratitohdnaists ptlhahecu em an, huamntadhn heiu smma,n Aistw iee s.
wialsls seurcethn, g agecmoemfrneot mts h eex pertihetanhtace ue t hori­
zattihotanht e isdee nsteiettmioo e ffsec ro maettso hoi gap hr icteh;e at

priocfre e ndeurntiiennlgl miugciohbfw l heam ta ttteour sTs.h "eu osf"
thpirso nounacnewdmh eaintast t s taiknie t bweci olnls tuanndtelry
reviisnti heoens y ssta hfoallto w.
Lik"eu" sm ,osotf ctohnebt urtitoort shv iosl ucmoemt erh outghhe
humanitaigeosn,a-a dsliiw ltey rei-tnheqeurib teeg intnhienrge , nor
quilteea vtihnebgme hiTnhdee.s y ssca lusatroeurfin ldam n ldi terary
studciuelsts,ut ruadolifs e csi eannscdce i efincctefime oinn,ai nsqdtu eer
studbiumetus l,t oitphleer raensddoi nsajnucncechsta iroancrste elrai­ze
tiownist hianm oavnnogdl usmeec,t ioensss,Ta ypyaisnlc.dyat , lh edsoe
noyti etlhgdel imopfs esu otmoepi nitearncdi ipinslrays paocrPe r ogram
int hPeo sthumiannsittteihaeesdsyh,; aa rc eo mmitimnpe rnatc ttoi ce
hybirtitidheraseit s srted ucttioso in npgrlien caip pelrevset;rh saitt yi s
ofteenn aecdtt horugdh iaognarlei ssteasnt cos tanadcaardded miisc­
courWseh.li teh sim nsye eomn a nnoyanocree v ean iueo fo rganiza-
falr
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Acknowledgments
Outrh agntokKo se Hl ulryal nEedry i cfo rtW hheiiitcrneo npcaertp tu­
alitzhiinsga vntodSol u uem-CeEa,Sls uleFse,oan ,sn P t heiBrlraeintpdt ,
othIenrdsUi naaintvPa er rfoesrhsi estl typmo ia ntgei rFtio.gar rl ainzte­
insgo omtfeh teia mned tswopo aorcntke h p ircsotI j,re a Livingston
thatnhdkeis r PeecCttaeoprare n,skd tf, a tfohOfer eSgtoUannt iev ersity
HumaCneintWtiete ehrsVa. ren sPkor fo erps essr smtiipoou nb Plaiuslha
Rabwiisnet oszyas',v a eroswfih oiancp hp iehnaebr roeo oddnk o cumen­
tafirlyWme t. h aGrnokPv rfoeer ps esr smitioposnu bKlaitAshchyk er's
essa"yT,Eh neod tf h Weor lodWf h iMteenas ; u'b sveeqruosefin otn
whiacphpa etsah prers et faPocu yse,Ks inogft hPei rautnetds,eht rei tle,
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