The sexualised body : the cyborg Beckwith, Megan 2011, The sexualised body : the cyborg, in Erotic screen and sound : culture, media and desire conference, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The sexualised body : the cyborg Author(s) Beckwith, Megan Conference name Erotic screen and sound : culture, media and desire conference (2011 : Brisbane, Qld.) Conference location Brisbane, Qld. Conference dates 15-18 Feb. 2011 Title of proceedings Erotic screen and sound : culture, media and desire conference Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2011 Publisher Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University Place of publication Brisbane, Qld. Summary The word cyborg was created through an amalgamation of the terms cybernetics and organism. The expression was coined during a 1960s NASA conference to describe the internal technological modification of the body. This new term resonated within popular culture and was quickly embraced by science fiction, where the cyborg became a popular character. The image of the cyborg is often hyper-physical and hyper-sexual. The super sexualised woman who can shoot bullets from her breasts is a popular comic book cyborg representation. The Replicants from Riddley Scott’s Blade Runner are other examples of hyper human, super sexualised cyborgs. Increasingly, the future of our physicality is one that is intertwined with technology. Although the image of the cyborg is often exaggerated, it holds within it real future possibilities. This paper argues that cultural anxieties, in relation to the impact of technology on our bodies, can be identified through the cyborg image. Notes Presented within session 4 'sex and cyberspace' on Wednesday 16th February. Language eng Field of Research 190403 Dance Socio Economic Objective 950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance) HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed HERDC collection year 2011 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041059 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 14 Dec 2011, 12:47:31 EST Wed, 14 Dec 2011, 12:49:38 EST Thu, 15 Dec 2011, 11:55:29 EST Fri, 16 Dec 2011, 14:00:47 EST Wed, 21 Dec 2011, 10:44:40 EST Wed, 21 Dec 2011, 10:55:33 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2012, 11:07:37 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2012, 09:39:41 EST Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 11:41:08 EST Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 12:28:39 EST Mon, 23 Jan 2012, 08:52:44 EST Wed, 25 Jan 2012, 08:19:34 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 10:53:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 160 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 14 Dec 2011, 12:47:19 EST by Megan Gaye Beckwith

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