{"product_id":"do-androids-sleep-with-electric-thomas-ballhausen-9781889307237","title":"Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?: Monochrom's Arse Elektronika Anthology: Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Soci","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative and\u003cbr\u003epenetrating, \u003ci\u003eDo Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a wealth of\u003cbr\u003edepictions of the future and shows the many ways in which they also address the\u003cbr\u003epresent.\u003c\/b\u003e As the official artists' collective\u003cbr\u003erepresenting Vienna at the S縊 Paulo Art Biennial in 2002, the monochrom group\u003cbr\u003e-- Johannes Grenzfurthner, G?ther Friesinger, and Daniel Fabry -- invented an\u003cbr\u003eartist called Georg Paul Thomann and carried off the exhibition as a very\u003cbr\u003eelaborate prank. The trio, aided by philosopher Thomas Ballhausen, brings that\u003cbr\u003esame sense of the cutting-edge and the carnivalesque to this collection\u003cbr\u003eexploring erotica, science fiction, and technology. A bracing mix of literary\u003cbr\u003eforms, the book shows why the fantasy genre is especially suited to the\u003cbr\u003einvestigation of the transgressive realms of sexuality and pornography. Here\u003cbr\u003equestions of science, research, and technologization are examined, along with\u003cbr\u003ethe complex surrounding urbanism, artificiality, and control (or the loss of\u003cbr\u003econtrol). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Ballhausen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1889307238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889307237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Re\/Search Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.96w x 0.62d","brand":"Thomas Ballhausen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790344483071,"sku":"9781889307237","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c1bb5d1-33cd-4dc7-a9e4-c6931cd4c3df.jpg?v=1707288665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-androids-sleep-with-electric-thomas-ballhausen-9781889307237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}