Neon Calico

Abstract

This is a work of creative fiction in the genre of cyberpunk that explores themes of loss, sexuality, and trans-humanism though the eyes of a young Asian-American woman who struggles to cope with the loss of her former boyfriend, with an emerging sexual attraction to a friend of the same sex, and with feelings of disconnectedness complicated by a loss of humanity brought on by her continually improving her own physical body through cybernetic implants and augmentation. Inspired by such works as William Gibson's Neuromancer and Shirow Masamune's The Ghost in the Shell, this book explores the struggle that the main character must undertake in order to live her life free of societal and familial control.

Date of Award	2016
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Olga Abella (Supervisor)