And Man is Becoming: Exploring What it Means to be Human Against the Backdrop of 'Avatar', 'Ghost in the Shell' and 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas'

Petronetta Pierre - Robertson

Petra Pierre-Robertson

Caribbean Musings Narratives of Identity

Nicole Bengochea-Persad , Shelley Lyons , Meredith Montrichard and Fay White

Bamboo Talk Press

2017

August

Trinidad

This chapter utilises three texts, literary and filmic to interrogate what it means to be human. The texts are explored against the backdrop of theories from as early as the fifth century BC to the postmodern era. Issues arising from the text, which were seen as central to the conceptualization, included race, cultural rights and cultural identity, human machine interaction, consciousness, and genetic modification.

HumanismRacismHuman Machine InteractionGenetic ModificationAvatarGhosts in the ShellThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas