Julie Wosk

My Fair Ladies

Female Robots, Androids, and Other Artificial Eves

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Produktbeschreibung

The fantasy of a male creator constructing his perfect woman dates back to the Greek myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. As technology has advanced over the past century, the figure of the lifelike manmade woman has become ubiquitous, popping up in everything from Bride of Frankenstein to The Stepford Wives. Julie Wosk takes us on a tour through this bevy of artificial women, revealing the array of cultural fantasies and fears they embody.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780813563374
• ISBN-10: 0813563372
• Artikelnr.: 41751296

Autorenporträt

Wosk, Julie

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1   Simulated Women and the Pygmalion Myth
2   Mechanical Galateas: Female Automatons and Dolls
3   Mannequins, Masks, Monsters, and Dolls: Film and Art in the 1920s and
1930s
4   Simulated Women in Television and Films 1940s and After
5   Engineering the Perfect Woman
6   Dancing with Robots and Women in Robotics Design
7   The Woman Artist as Pygmalion
Notes
Index