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10%OFFPer Schelde - Androids, Humanoids and Other Folklore Monsters - 9780814779958 - V9780814779958
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Androids, Humanoids and Other Folklore Monsters

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Description for Androids, Humanoids and Other Folklore Monsters Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; JFC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.

Science fiction films, from the original Frankenstein and The Fly to Blade Runner and The Terminator, traditionally have been filled with aliens, spaceships, androids, cyborgs, and all sorts of robotic creatures along with their various creators. The popular appeal of these characters is undeniable, but what is the meaning of this generation of creatures? What is the relationship of mad scientist to subject, of human to android, of creature to creator?
Androids, Humanoids, and Other Folklore Monsters is a profound investigation of this popular cultural form. Starting his discussion with the possible source of these creatures, anthropologist and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814779958
SKU
V9780814779958
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99-50

About Per Schelde
Per Schelde is a linguistic anthropologist and a freelance writer. He has taught at the City University of New York and is the co-author (as Per Schelde Jacobsen, with Barbara Fass Leavy) of Ibsen's Forsaken Merman: Folklore in the Late Plays, also published by NYU Press.

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