{"product_id":"posthuman-folklore-tok-thompson-9781496825087","title":"Posthuman Folklore","description":"Can a monkey own a selfie? Can a chimp use habeas corpus to sue for freedom\u003ci\u003e? \u003c\/i\u003eCan androids be citizens? Increasingly, such difficult questions have moved from the realm of science fiction into the realm of everyday life, and scholars and laypeople alike are struggling to find ways to grasp new notions of personhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePosthuman Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e is the first work of its kind: both an overview of posthumanism as it applies to folklore studies and an investigation of \"vernacular posthumanisms\"--the ways in which people are increasingly performing the posthuman. Posthumanism calls for a close investigation of what is meant by the term \"human\" and a rethinking of this, our most basic ontological category. What, exactly, is human? What, exactly, am I? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There are two main threads of posthumanism: the first dealing with the increasingly slippery slope between \"human\" and \"animal,\" and the second dealing with artificial intelligences and the growing cyborg quality of human culture. This work deals with both these threads, seeking to understand the cultural roles of this shifting notion of \"human\" by centering its investigation into the performances of everyday life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom funerals for AIBOs, to furries, to ghost stories told by Alexa, people are increasingly engaging with the posthuman in myriad everyday practices, setting the stage for a wholesale rethinking of our humanity. In \u003ci\u003ePosthuman Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e, author Tok Thompson traces both the philosophies behind these shifts, and the ways in which people increasingly are enacting such ideas to better understand the posthuman experience of contemporary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tok Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149682508X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496825087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Tok Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054806855935,"sku":"9781496825087","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17064759-21db-4140-aae8-83798ff98561.jpg?v=1685032107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/posthuman-folklore-tok-thompson-9781496825087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}