Contemporary Pygmalion Tales: Robot Sapiens Sapiens.

The article discusses the description of creating life in literature, art, and science in terms of humanoid creatures, homunculi, robots, androids, and cyborgs. Topics discussed include the Pygmalion myth, author Jean-Jacques Rousseau's play "Pygmalion", two dystopian novels; Marge Piercy's "He, She...

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Publicado en:	Interdisciplinary Humanities Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 91 - 108
Autor principal:	Ferreira, Maria Aline
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Humanities Education & Research Association Spring2018
Materias:	Humanoid robots Cyborgs Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 Piercy, Marge, 1936- He, She & It (Book) Stone Gods, The (Book)
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Sumario:	The article discusses the description of creating life in literature, art, and science in terms of humanoid creatures, homunculi, robots, androids, and cyborgs. Topics discussed include the Pygmalion myth, author Jean-Jacques Rousseau's play "Pygmalion", two dystopian novels; Marge Piercy's "He, She and It" and Jeanette Winterson's "The Stone Gods", and the similarities between narrative in both novels.