Accountable Metaphors: The Transhuman Poetics of Failure in Tao Lin’s Taipei

Tao Lin’s novel Taipei (2013) can be described as a picture of transhuman existence in the current digital world. However, its poetics of failure does not seem to adjust to the typically utopian visions that have often been related to transhumanism. Instead, the novel’s aesthetic approach resists di...

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Main Author: Miriam Fernández-Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (AEDEAN) 2021-06-01
Series:Atlantis
Online Access:https://www.atlantisjournal.org/index.php/atlantis/article/view/752