LEADER 04482nam 22006855 450 001 9910872182203321 005 20250807135701.0 010 $a9783031610103$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031610097 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-61010-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31522064 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31522064 035 $a(CKB)32704653400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-61010-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932704653400041 100 $a20240709d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCyborgs, Ethics, and The Matrix $eSimulations of Sex and Gender /$fby Rebecca Gibson 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (195 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender,$x2662-9372 311 08$aPrint version: Gibson, Rebecca Cyborgs, Ethics, and the Matrix Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2024 9783031610097 327 $a1. The Cultural Impact of The Matrix Series -- 2. The Matrix: At the Source, or Where it all Began -- 3. The Animatrix and The Matrix Comics: Limitless Potential for Imagining New Cyborg Technology -- 4. The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions: Cephalopod Robots and the Nature of Truth -- 5. The Matrix Resurrections: Love Outlives Death -- 6. So: Who Are You? Virtual Reality, DSI, and Personality. 330 $a?Cyborgs, Ethics and The Matrix is a wonderfully sharp and insightful book on the massively popular The Matrix franchise and its intersections with crucial debates about gender, sex, trans-, and ? really ? who gets to count as human. Compellingly written, this book is of interest to fans of the franchise and those of us who care about those different from ourselves.? ? Steen Ledet Christiansen, Associate Professor of English at Aalborg University, Denmark "Like the franchise itself, Gibson's book is at once deeply philosophical and yet exceptionally accessible, making it a necessary read for academic and general audiences alike.? - Liz W Faber, Assistant Professor of English & Communication at Dean College, USA The Matrix (Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski 1999) has permeated our cultural consciousness for two decades, working its way into such common parlance as ?a glitch in the Matrix,? and the idea of taking the Red Pill. With the release of the fourth movie, The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski 2021), and the confirmation of the franchise being a metaphor for gender transition, this book examines how the entire franchise contributes to the discourse on sex and gender, and how it has been instrumental in propelling the creation of new types of cyborg technology. This book centers on the main philosophical theme of The Matrix, know thyself, and relate it to the quest for authenticity which creates our identities?be they human, or human ?enough??as we move through the world. Dr. Rebecca Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in biological anthropology. Her published works include Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender,$x2662-9372 606 $aSex 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aTelevision broadcasting 606 $aGender identity in mass media 606 $aBiotechnology 606 $aDigital humanities 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aFilm and Television Studies 606 $aMedia and Gender 606 $aBiotechnology 606 $aDigital Humanities 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting. 615 0$aGender identity in mass media. 615 0$aBiotechnology. 615 0$aDigital humanities. 615 14$aGender Studies. 615 24$aFilm and Television Studies. 615 24$aMedia and Gender. 615 24$aBiotechnology. 615 24$aDigital Humanities. 676 $a791.4372 700 $aGibson$b Rebecca$0910185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910872182203321 996 $aCyborgs, Ethics, and the Matrix$94174468 997 $aUNINA