Forlini, StefaniaMoynihan, Bridget2015-04-302015-06-222015-04-302015Moynihan, B. (2015). Body Modification: Recombinant Materiality and Ethics in the Remediated Print Wor(l)d (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25153http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2200This thesis examines two case studies of experimental print texts in order to trace how their materiality shapes their meanings. My case studies are Tom Phillips’s A Humument (5th ed., 2012) and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Tree of Codes (2010), both of which are altered texts that have materially manipulated an existing print text in their creative processes. Guided by the materially-focused and interdisciplinary theories of Bruno Latour, I strive to model a reading of these case studies that pays heed to the specificity of their materiality, as well as connecting them to related networks of other texts and material histories that are revealed by their interactions with the texts they alter. Through these case studies, this thesis therefore examines the communicative role of materiality more broadly, while questioning the attendant consequences, and even the ethics, of altering or appropriating this materiality.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Fine ArtsLiterature--EnglishHistory--EuropeanExperimental LiteratureArtist's BooksAltered TextsEthicsMaterialitymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/25153