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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Language: | English |
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Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (AEDEAN)
2021-06-01
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Series: | Atlantis |
Online Access: | https://www.atlantisjournal.org/index.php/atlantis/article/view/752 |