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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442697584
035 _a(DE-B1597)465212
035 _a(OCoLC)944176319
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082 0 4 _a340.1
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHamilton, Sheryl
_eautore
245 1 0 _aImpersonations :
_bTroubling the Person in Law and Culture /
_cSheryl Hamilton.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a1 online resource (288 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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520 _aPersonhood is considered at once a sign of legal-political status and of socio-cultural agency, synonymous with the rational individual, subject, or citizen. Yet, in an era of life-extending technologies, genetic engineering, corporate social responsibility, and smart technology, the definition of the person is neither benign nor uncontested. Boundaries that previously worked to secure our place in the social order are blurring as never before. What does it mean, then, to be a person in the twenty-first century?In Impersonations, Sheryl N. Hamilton uses five different kinds of persons - corporations, women, clones, computers, and celebrities - to discuss the instability of the concept of personhood and to examine some of the ways in which broader social anxieties are expressed in these case studies. She suggests that our investment in personhood is greater now than it has been for years, and that our ongoing struggle to define the term is evident in law and popular culture. Using a cultural studies of law approach, the author examines important issues such as whether the person is a gender-neutral concept based on individual rights, the relationship between personhood and the body, and whether persons can be property.Impersonations is a highly original study that brings together legal, philosophical, and cultural expressions of personhood to enliven current debates about our place in the world.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aCulture and law.
650 0 _aPersons (Law).
650 0 _aPersons.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
650 4 _aCoursebook.
650 7 _aLAW / Legal History.
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