"You bet she can fuck" - Trends in Female AI Narratives within Mainstream Cinema: Ex Machina and Her.
In today's digital age, we are becoming more like machines and machines are becoming more like us. Donna Haraway's seminal essay, "A Cyborg Manifesto," proposes the cyborg as a transgressive figure capable of subverting oppressive power structures. While there is no denying this powerful imagery, wh...
| Publicado en: | Ekphrasis (2067-631X) Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 85 - 99 |
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Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television
2017
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