Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity

by Sue Short

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023030219X
• ISBN13: 9780230302198
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"