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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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Published in:Interdisciplinary Humanities Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 91 - 108
Main Author: Ferreira, Maria Aline
Format: Article
Published: Humanities Education & Research Association Spring2018
Subjects:
Humanoid robots
Cyborgs
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Piercy, Marge, 1936-
He, She & It (Book)
Stone Gods, The (Book)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.