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Being Bionic: The World of TV Cyborgs

Being Bionic: The World of TV Cyborgs

Paperback

Series: Investigating Cult TV

Television

ISBN10: 1784536482
ISBN13: 9781784536480
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 30 2017
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The contradictions and complexities of the cyborg therefore hold particular appeal to programme makers of dramatic TV narratives. Bronwen Calvert examines the uses and representations of the cyborg in this ground-breaking text, by looking at its frequent appearance in a wide variety of popular and cult shows: from the iconic Daleks of Doctor Who and bionic female empowerment in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, to the duality of humanoid and distinctly robotic cyborgs in Battlestar Galactica. In doing so, she reveals how television's defining traits shape our experience of cyborgs and help us as viewers to question contemporary issues such as surveillance and terrorism, as well as the function of simulation and ultimately what it means to be human.

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