Feminism, technology and the posthuman -- Ways of looking and ways of being -- Barbie : a posthuman prototype -- Posthuman monsters : the erasure of Marilyn Manson -- Communicating the posthuman way with TDK -- Origins and identity in a biotech world
Summary
"Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls explores the idea of the 'posthuman' and the ways in which it is represented in popular culture. Toffoletti considers images of the posthuman body, from goth-rocker Marilyn Manson's digitally manipulated self-portraits to the famous TDK 'baby' adverts, and from the work of artist Patricia Piccinini to the curiously 'plastic' form of the ubiquitous Barbie doll, controversially rescued here from her negative image. The book draws on the work of thinkers including Jean Baudrillard, Donna Haraway and Rosi Braidotti to explore the nature of the human - and its ambiguous gender - in an age of biotechnologies and digital worlds."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-197) and index
