http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).34
10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).34
Published : Jun 2022
Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (Never) exposes the oppressive role of ideology in imploding human identity through societal training, education, and the social roles of clones in the human world. Cloning is another marvel of biotechnology which has given birth to many optimistic as well as pessimistic narratives. The post human narrative is central to dystopia as it tends to put forward the regressive use of biotechnology that has the potential to disrupt the essential human identity and implement a sort of reduction-ism which manifest gratification and conformity. The desire to indoctrinate conformity indicates the late capitalistic tactics of commodification which results in an identity implosion. The paper asserts that ideological maneuvering and construction of imploded identities are exhibited through dystopian bio-technologies in the agency of post humanism, which represent com-modified identity politics. The post human, in this context, serves as the Other of stratified human identity.
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(1) Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Sadiq Egerton Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Sohail Ahmad Saeed
Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
(3) Ahmad Naeem
Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Gomal University, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan
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APA : Shaheen, M. M. A., Saeed, S. A., & Naeem, A. (2022). Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Global Social Sciences Review, VII(II), 338-347. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).34
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CHICAGO : Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad, Sohail Ahmad Saeed, and Ahmad Naeem. 2022. "Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II): 338-347 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).34
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HARVARD : SHAHEEN, M. M. A., SAEED, S. A. & NAEEM, A. 2022. Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 338-347.
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MHRA : Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad, Sohail Ahmad Saeed, and Ahmad Naeem. 2022. "Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go." Global Social Sciences Review, VII: 338-347
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MLA : Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad, Sohail Ahmad Saeed, and Ahmad Naeem. "Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go." Global Social Sciences Review, VII.II (2022): 338-347 Print.
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OXFORD : Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad, Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, and Naeem, Ahmad (2022), "Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go", Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II), 338-347
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TURABIAN : Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad, Sohail Ahmad Saeed, and Ahmad Naeem. "Posthumanism and Dystopian Biotechnologies: A Subtext of Ideological Maneuvering and Construction of Imploded Identities in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. II (2022): 338-347. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).34