%0 Journal Article 
%A Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can
%T Posthuman “Meta(l)morphoses” in Jeanette Winterson’s "The Stone Gods"

%D 2016
%@ 2171-9594
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/25558
%X Jeanette Winterson’s “The Stone Gods” (2007) pictures a futuristic world in which every body is technologically, discursively, and materially constructed. First of all, "The Stone Gods" foregrounds the  futuristic  conceptualization  of  embodiment  and  posthuman  gendered  bodies  in  relation  to biotechnology,  biogenetics,  and  robotics,  interrogating  contemporary  dimensions  of  the  interface between   the   human   and   the   machine,   nature   and   culture.Secondly,   the   novel   focuses   on environmental  concerns  relevant  to  our  present  age.  More  specifically,  however,  drawing  our attention to posthuman toxic bodies in terms of “trans-corporeality,” as suggested by Stacy Alaimo, “The  Stone  Gods” is  an  invaluable literary means to speculate on our “posthuman predicament,” in Rosi Braidotti’s words, and global ecological imperilment. In “The  Stone  Gods”, Winterson  provides not  only  a  warning  against  the  dehumanization  of  the  human  in  the  process  of  posthumanization, but  also  a  salient  picture  of  posthuman  trans-corporeal  subjects  through  a  discussion  of  the beneficial    and    deleterious    effects    of    biotechnology    and    machines    on    human-nonhuman “naturecultures.” On this view, looking at both human and nonhuman bodies througha  trans-corporeal  lens  would  contribute  to  an  understanding  of  how  material-discursive  structures  can profoundly transform human-nonhuman life on Earth.

%K Jeanette Winterson
%K The Stone Gods
%K Posthumanism
%K Trans-corporeality
%K Material agency
%K Naturecultures
%K Posthumanismo
%K Trans-corporalidad
%K Agencia material
%K Naturaculturas
%K Literatura
%K Literature
%K Medio ambiente
%K Environmental science
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