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An important contribution to the emerging field of information studies.

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"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

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Introduction: 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 Woodward

Semiotic Flesh Information and the Human Body

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      Publisher: MV - University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780295982007, 978-0295982007
      ISBN10: 0295982004

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An important contribution to the emerging field of information studies.

      Trade Review
      "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

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: 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 Woodward

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