Queering the Terminator : sexuality and cyborg cinema /

Queering the Terminator : sexuality and cyborg cinema /

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Author / Creator:	Greven, David, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. ©2017
Description:	ix, 201 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Terminator films -- History and criticism. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Terminator films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182755

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ISBN:	9781501322341 1501322346
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The Terminator' film series is an unlikely site of queer affiliation. The entire premise revolves around both heterosexual intercourse and the woman's pregnancy and giving birth. It is precisely the Terminator's indifference to both that signifies it as an unimaginably inhuman monstrosity. Indeed, the films' overarching contention that humanity must be saved, rooted as it is in a particular story about pregnancy and birth that exclusively focuses on the heterosexual couple and the family, would appear to put it at odds with the political stances of contemporary queer theory. Yet, as this book argues, there is considerable queer interest in the Terminator mythos. The films provide a framework for interpreting shifting gender codes and the emergence of queer sexuality over the period of three decades. Significantly, the series emerges in the Reagan 80s, which marked a decisive break with the sexual fluidity of the 70s. As a franchise and on the individual basis of each film, 'The Terminator' series combines both radical and reactionary elements. Each film reflects the struggles over gender and sexuality specific to its release.0.
Other form:	Online version: Greven, David author. Queering the Terminator New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 9781501322372

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