Electronic Eros: Bodies and Desire in the Postindustrial Age

by Claudia Springer

Book Overview

The love affair between humans and the machines that have made us faster and more powerful has expanded into cyberspace, where computer technology seems to offer both the promise of heightened erotic fulfillment and the threat of human obsolescence. In this pathfinding study, Claudia Springer explores the techno-erotic imagery in recent films, cyberpunk fiction, comic books, television, software, and writing on virtual reality and artificial intelligence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292776977
• ISBN13: 9780292776975
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Readable Theory!

Springer's book delves into the changing nature of desire and the body in the face of new media technologies. The examples she uses are usually well known and her language is clear and concise. Unlike most cyborg theory, this book is fun and enjoying to read.