LEADER 03859nam 2200601 450 001 9910162792303321 005 20191015111955.0 010 $a1-350-98548-1 010 $a1-78672-102-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350985483 035 $a(CKB)3710000001042646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4792865 035 $a(OCoLC)1139315256 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350985483 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat50985483 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001042646 100 $a20191015e20192017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeing bionic $ethe world of TV cyborgs /$fBronwen Calvert 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon, England :$cI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,$d2017. 210 2$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 243 pages:) $cillustrations 225 1 $aInvestigating cult TV 311 $a1-78453-648-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 224-236), filmography (pages 222-223) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Troubled boundaries and transformative cyborgs -- Exterminate, upgrade: Doctor Who -- Resistance, assimilation and the collective: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager -- Toasters and replicas: Battlestar Galactica -- 'Between life and death': Embodiment and virtuality in Caprica -- The cyborg as action hero: Bionic Woman -- Us and them: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Hacking the system: Dollhouse -- Complete control: Fringe -- Conclusion: Cyborg futures. 330 $a"The cyborg - an organic body augmented with technology - is an enduring figure that can be found across science fiction stories, novels, films, and, more recently, television. What can its marked presence in cult TV shows tell us about the rapidly changing world we live in, and indeed about the human condition? This book explored how the image of the cyborg attracts our fears and fascinations. These bionic creations encourage us, as viewers, to think about our interactions with technology in an age of immediacy and surveillance, reassess our own corporeal experiences, and re-imagine gender binaries and racial differences. Chapters draw together cyborg theory and criticism from science fiction and television studies to analyse a variety a popular series. From Doctor Who to Stor Trek: Voyager, and Battlestar Galactica to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the cyborg appears as action hero, villain, or as a reflection of ourselves. Whether manifested in the Daleks, the Cylons, or the Borg, these figures are ideal sites to explore concepts such as replication, uniformly, performance, embodiment and virtuality, and the serial narratives of cult TV offer the ideal format to analyse changing cyborg representations over time. This book uses the televisual medium as a tool to understand a range of cybernetic characters, forming a notable event in a growing field that will delight scholars and fans of futuristic television alike."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aInvestigating cult TV. 517 3 $aWorld of TV cyborgs 606 $aScience fiction television programs$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCyborgs in popular culture 606 $aCyborgs in motion pictures 606 $aCyborgs in mass media 606 $2Television 615 0$aScience fiction television programs$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCyborgs in popular culture. 615 0$aCyborgs in motion pictures. 615 0$aCyborgs in mass media. 676 $a791.45/615 700 $aCalvert$b Bronwen$01269119 712 02$aBloomsbury (Firm), 801 0$bYDX 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162792303321 996 $aBeing bionic$92986141 997 $aUNINA