Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls: Feminism, Popular Culture and the Posthuman Body

by Kim Toffoletti

Book Overview

Bringing a lively and accessible style to a complex subject, "Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls" explores the idea of the 'posthuman' and the ways in which it is represented in popular culture. Toffoletti explores 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845114671
• ISBN13: 9781845114671
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"