CompaRe durchsuchen

Zeige Ergebnisse 1 bis 1 von 1.

1. "Future early" : trans* body as metaphor in Jeanette Winterson's "Frankissstein" (2019)

   Autor*in: John, Aiden

   Erschienen: 10.05.2024

   Jeanette Winterson's newest novel "Frankissstein: A Love Story" revolves around technological innovation and its effects on human development. The book's examinations feature trans* character Ry Shelley and transhumanist Victor Stein who interprets... mehr

   • Bibliographische Angaben
   • Inhaltsangaben
   • Zugang
   • Beschreibung

   Volltext:	http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/85620/Literatur-und-Zukunft_John.pdf
   Zitierfähiger Link:	https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-856204

   Jeanette Winterson's newest novel "Frankissstein: A Love Story" revolves around technological innovation and its effects on human development. The book's examinations feature trans* character Ry Shelley and transhumanist Victor Stein who interprets Ry's transitioned body as a metaphor for his ideal transhumanist future. This metaphor is based on three main textually conceptualized similarities between trans* identity and transhumanism: a hybridity in Ry's gender identity and embodiment as well as in a transhumanist vision of future human identity, the dissolution of biological determinism and the autonomy to change one's body, associated with recent technological advancement. The novel characterizes this metaphorization process as questionable, positing it with a character who represents not just the Frankenstein archetype but a possibly metaphysical, non-human entity. However, despite this inherent critique of harmful practices of objectification and exploitation of trans* people, "Frankissstein" ultimately reproduces similar practices in other aspects of its trans* representation.

   Export in Literaturverwaltung

   Hinweise zum Inhalt:

   kostenfrei

   Quelle:	CompaRe
   Sprache:	Englisch
   Medientyp:	Teil eines Buches (Kapitel); Teil eines Buches (Kapitel)
   Format:	Online
   ISBN:	978-3-96234-081-0; 978-3-96234-080-3
   DDC Klassifikation:	Literatur und Rhetorik (800); Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
   Sammlung:	Ch. A. Bachmann Verlag
   Schlagworte:	Winterson, Jeanette; Transgender <Motiv>; Transhumanismus
   Lizenz:	publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/home/index/help ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess