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Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Sue Short

    1. Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Sue Short
    Pages 1-17

  3. Cycles, Sub-Genres and Cyborg Cinema

    • Sue Short
    Pages 18-33

  4. Body and Soul: A History of Cyborg Theory

    • Sue Short
    Pages 34-54

  5. Food for Moloch: The Cyborg as Worker

    • Sue Short
    Pages 55-80

  6. The Synthetic Female: Cyborgs and the Inscription of Gender

    • Sue Short
    Pages 81-105

  7. The Best of Both Worlds? Hybridity, Humanity and the Other

    • Sue Short
    Pages 106-132

  8. Heart and Hearth: The Cyborg and Family Values

    • Sue Short
    Pages 133-159

  9. Reality Unplugged: Postmodernism, Posthumanism and the Cyborg

    • Sue Short
    Pages 160-186

  10. Summing Up the Cyborg: Towards a Conclusion

    • Sue Short
    Pages 187-209

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 210-247
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

    Sue Short

About the author

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.

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