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1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: robot anatomies -- The artificial birth -- The mechanical body -- The mechanical slave -- The existential cyborg -- Conclusion: the ends of the human. |
| Summary |
Why do we find artificial people fascinating? Drawing from a rich fictional and cinematic tradition, Anatomy of a Robot explores the political and textual implications of our perennial projections of humanity onto figures such as robots, androids, cyborgs, and automata. In an engaging, sophisticated, and accessible presentation, Despina Kakoudaki argues that, in their narrative and cultural deployment, artificial people demarcate what it means to be human. They perform this function by offering us a non-human version of ourselves as a site of investigation. Artificial people teach us that bein. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Robots in literature.
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Robots in literature. |
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Cyborgs in literature.
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Cyborgs in literature. |
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Robots in motion pictures.
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Robots in motion pictures. |
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Cyborgs in motion pictures.
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Cyborgs in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kakoudaki, Despina. Anatomy of a robot 9780813562162 (DLC) 2013029877 (OCoLC)858914238 |
| ISBN |
9780813562179 (electronic book) |
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0813562171 (electronic book) |
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132211112X (electronic book) |
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9781322111124 (electronic book) |
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9780813562162 |
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0813562163 |
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9780813562155 |
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0813562155 |
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