Becoming-Posthuman: The Sexualized, Racialized and Naturalized Others of Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood

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Becoming-Posthuman: The Sexualized, Racialized and Naturalized Others of Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood

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Victoria University of Wellington

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This thesis explores the extent to which Octavia Butler’s use of the Other, in her trilogy Lilith’s Brood, problematizes the construct of the Human subject as established under Humanism. Adopting the protean field of posthuman theory as a framework, I advocate for a specifically anti-Humanist reading of the series; indeed, I posit that Butler’s re- imagination of the posthuman functions to empower subjectivities marginalized under this ideology — specifically, sexualized, racialized, and natu...

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Masters

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2018

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Dunkley, Kitty

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Becoming-Posthuman_The_Sexualized_Racialized_and_Naturalized...

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North American literature / Posthumanism / Anti-Humanism / Science fiction / Octavia Butler / School: School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies / North American Literature / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing / Degree Discipline: English Literature / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts

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