Technoculture.

This has to be one of the most exasperating books I have reviewed in the last 30 years! Few have been as trying and tiring, so loaded are the pages with jargon, esoterica, and brow-arching notions that invite a double take and a second and third reread. If, however, you join me in sharing the editors' fascination with politics linked to advanced technology you owe it to yourself to give this 13-essay collection (12 originals) more than shelf space or a look-through. Have you assessed your level of technoliteracy lately? This volume will help you better understand AIDS activists, high-tech office workers, Japanese technoporn producers, political artists, pregnant women, rap …