![]() ![]() Anne Balsamo demands a ‘thick perception’ of the body to analyse the different modes of construction of the human body particularly within a technological framework. ![]() Questions of how the body is produced, inscribed, replicated and often disciplined in our times and the near future are central to postmodern feminist theories dealing with technology. Even though the novels offers many rich areas of analysis, particularly from a sociological and psychological point of view, I will focus only on the issue of technology and the body in this paper. ![]() Having been a conservative, law-abiding model citizen before the procedure, the young Mia turns into a fugitive and encounters the world of outlaw anarchists in Europe. ![]() In the late 21st century medical technology has developed a radical and painful experimental procedure that can turn her into a 20 year-old again. The protagonist of Sterling’s 1996 novel is 94 year-old Mia Ziemann. ![]()
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