Semiotic Flesh
Subtitle: Information and the Human Body (Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities)
Contributors: Phillip Thurtle (Editor); Robert E. Mitchell (Editor)
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Univ of Washington Pr
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9780295982007
Subjects: Information theory; Linguistic semiotics; Popular Culture - General; Social Aspects - General; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Body, Human; Computer Science; Information technology; Social aspects; Philosophy
Description: "The essays and responses in this volume focus on the sites where flesh and information productively intermingle, including the strange connections between LSD and DNA research, the implications of computer-assisted surgery, and the role of the human body in virtual reality installations."--BOOK JACKET.