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Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity
S. Short
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Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349515646
SKU
V9781349515646
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99-15
About S. Short
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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