Hester, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8511-8846 (2024) Space Agency: Automation, Autonomy, and Acid Astronautics. Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift (KWZ), 2023 (4).
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Abstract
This essaylooksatthe figure of the cyborg via its origins in mid-twentieth century Americanastronautics.Itbegins by comparingdifferentapproaches to the›spacecyborg‹,helping to situate itwithin the distinctive culturalpreoccupations of its timesand places. The discussion thenproceedstoconsidertheAmericancyborg’srootsintwodiscursive regimes:thatsurroundingmilitarymasculinities,and that surrounding the non-human or de-humanizedmedical test subject. Via an analysis of the 1976sci-fi novelMan Plusby Frederik Pohl,the essay explores how thisdual heritagegenerates tensions intermsofgender, before concluding with an analysis of the waysin whichthe cyborg’smutable em-bodimentruns agroundon the perceivedfixity of human sexuality. How might we use the historicalconcept of the cyborg to queerthe notion of›par ticipantevolution‹today?
Item Type: | Article |
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Identifier: | 10.28937/9783787348961_1 |
Subjects: | Arts |
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Depositing User: | Helen Hester |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2024 07:31 |
Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2024 11:00 |
URI: | https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12703 |
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