Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity

Informationen zum Autor SUE SHORT is Lecturer in Media and Film Studies in the Faculty of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She has contributed to a variety of publications on the subject of cinema and television. Klappentext This book breaks new ground in providing an in-depth critical assessment of cyborg cinema, arguing that it remains one of the most intriguing and provocative cycles to have emerged in contemporary screen culture. Tracing the cinematic cyborg's transition over the last two decades and evaluating the theoretical significance attributed to this figure, it asks what relevance the cyborg continues to have in terms of understanding human identity, our relationship to technology, and to one another. Zusammenfassung This book breaks new ground in providing an in-depth critical assessment of cyborg cinema, arguing that it remains one of the most intriguing and provocative cycles to have emerged in contemporary screen culture. Tracing the cinematic cyborg's transition over the last two decades and evaluating the theoretical significance attributed to this figure, it asks what relevance the cyborg continues to have in terms of understanding human identity, our relationship to technology, and to one another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Cycles, Sub-Genres and Cyborg Cinema Body and Soul: A History of Cyborg Theory Food for Moloch: The Cyborg as Worker The Synthetic Female: Cyborgs and the Inscription of Gender The Best of Both Worlds?: Hybridity, Humanity and the Other Heart and Hearth: The Cyborg and Family Values Reality Unplugged: Cyberpunk, Postmodernism and the Cyborg Summing up the Cyborg: Towards a Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index

List of contents

Introduction Cycles, Sub-Genres and Cyborg Cinema Body and Soul: A History of Cyborg Theory Food for Moloch: The Cyborg as Worker The Synthetic Female: Cyborgs and the Inscription of Gender The Best of Both Worlds?: Hybridity, Humanity and the Other Heart and Hearth: The Cyborg and Family Values Reality Unplugged: Cyberpunk, Postmodernism and the Cyborg Summing up the Cyborg: Towards a Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: S Short, S. Short, Sue Short
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2004
• EAN: 9781403921789
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-2178-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; B, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Communication, Film History, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, American Cinema and TV, Motion pictures—United States, American Film and TV, cinema;culture;gender;identity;postmodernism;technology