Forlano, L., & Glabau, D. (2024). Cyborg. The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.

Ujjwal Khobra; Rashmi  Gaur

doi:10.33182/joph.v4i3.3433

Authors

Ujjwal Khobra Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Rashmi Gaur Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33182/joph.v4i3.3433

Keywords:

Book review, Cyborg, Critical Cyborg Literacy, Forlano and Danya, MIT Press

Abstract

Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau’s Cyborg (2024), part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series, situates complex debates surrounding contemporary cyborg studies for nonspecialist readers. By providing a detailed analysis of the challenges faced by the term ‘cyborg’ since its inception, Cyborg presents ‘cyborg-thinking’ as a way forward in confronting our collective technologized present(s). In the Introduction, the cyborg figure emerges as a sociocultural phenomenon, transgressing oppositions such as nature/artificiality, man/woman, and mind/body to understand disability, labor, human/nonhuman entanglements, and the future of inequalities with interconnected crises. In mapping the cybernetic, popular, and feminist discourses that have employed cyborg-thinking as a cartographic tool, Cyborg introduces “critical cyborg literacy” as a distinct approach to critically and creatively analyze the relationship between technology, society, and culture (4).

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Author Biographies

Ujjwal Khobra, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Ujjwal Khobra (First and corresponding author)

Ujjwal Khobra (she/her) is a Doctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Her research work broadly focuses on reading posthuman entanglements in select Indian Speculative Fiction in English and new-age media texts. E-mail: ukhobra@hs.iitr.ac.in

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-3518

Rashmi Gaur, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India

Rashmi Gaur (co-author)

Rashmi Gaur (she/her) is a distinguished Professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Her areas of expertise include gender studies and new media, AI and communication studies, and Indian Literature in English. E-mail: rashmi.gaur@hs.iitr.ac.in