The Posthuman Body in Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box”
AMELIA PRECUP
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Abstract
This paper participates in the discussion about the configuration of what is commonly being referred to as ‘the posthuman condition’ by addressing the technological transformation of the human body and the cultural and political inflections of this transformation through the exploration of Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box.” The paper interrogates the implication of the fusion of flesh and technology and the re-conceptualization of the body as information, thus enabling insights into how these changes affect subjectivity, individuality, and the stereotyped understanding of gender hierarchies.
Keywords: Jennifer Egan, “Black Box,” the posthuman body, the body as information, technology, gender