Cyborgs and Barbie dolls : feminism, popular culture and the posthuman body /

Cyborgs and Barbie dolls : feminism, popular culture and the posthuman body /

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Author / Creator:Toffoletti, Kim.
Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Description:x, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Human body in popular culture.
Human body -- Social aspects.
Human body -- Technological innovations.
Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
Cyborgs in mass media.
Feminism.
Popular culture.
Popular culture.
Human body -- Social aspects.
Human body in popular culture.
Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
Cyborgs in mass media.
Feminism.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6638684
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Varying Form of Title:Feminism, popular culture and the posthuman body
ISBN:9781845114671
1845114671
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-197) and index.
Summary:"Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls explores the idea of the 'posthuman' and the ways in which it is represented in popular culture. Toffoletti considers images of the posthuman body, from goth-rocker Marilyn Manson's digitally manipulated self-portraits to the famous TDK 'baby' adverts, and from the work of artist Patricia Piccinini to the curiously 'plastic' form of the ubiquitous Barbie doll, controversially rescued here from her negative image. The book draws on the work of thinkers including Jean Baudrillard, Donna Haraway and Rosi Braidotti to explore the nature of the human - and its ambiguous gender - in an age of biotechnologies and digital worlds."--BOOK JACKET.

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