Description: American Robot : A Cultural History, Hardcover by Abnet, Dustin A., ISBN 022669271X, ISBN-13 9780226692715, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--
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Book Title: American Robot : A Cultural History
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: American Robot : a Cultural History
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: American / General, History, United States / General, Robotics
Item Weight: 23 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Technology & Engineering, History
Author: Dustin A. Abnet
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
