Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs

Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs
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Download or read book Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs written by Nina Lykke and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is divided into four sections covering science as a whole, the new technologies of the postmodern era, bio-medical discourses, and nature. A distinguished cast of contributors explores the central feminist concerns in each arena, through the central metaphors of monster, mother goddess and cyborg. They look at the consequences of gynogenesis, postmodern eco-buddhism in heathcare, sexual violence in cyberspace, the postmodernization of menopause, the dolphin as androgyne and feminist environmentalism.


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