Semiotic flesh: information & the human body

Introduction: Flash Data: Semiotics, Information, and the Body / Robert Mitchell and Phillip Thurtle ; 1. LSDNA: Consciousness Expansion and the Emergence of Biotechnology / Richard Doyle ; Response / Steven Shaviro ; 2. The Virtual Surgeon: Operating on the Data in an Age of Medialization /Timothy Lenoir ; Response / Peter Oppenheimer ; 3. Flesh and Metal: Reconfiguring the Mindbody in Virtual Environments / N. Katharine Hayles ; Response / Kathleen Woodward.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Flash Data: Semiotics, Information, and the Body / Robert Mitchell and Phillip Thurtle -- 1. LSDNA: Consciousness Expansion and the Emergence of Biotechnology / Richard Doyle -- Response / Steven Shaviro -- 2. The Virtual Surgeon: Operating on the Data in an Age of Medialization /Timothy Lenoir -- Response / Peter Oppenheimer -- 3. Flesh and Metal: Reconfiguring the Mindbody in Virtual Environments / N. Katharine Hayles -- Response / Kathleen Woodward.