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My fair ladies : female robots, androids, and other artificial Eves

Title
My fair ladies : female robots, androids, and other artificial Eves / Julie Wosk.
Author
Wosk, Julie
Publication
  • New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Description
xiv, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Alternative Title
Female robots, androids, and other artificial Eves
Subject
  • Women in art
  • Anthropomorphism in art
  • Androids in art
  • Technology and women
  • Human body and technology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Simulated women and the Pygmalion myth -- Mechanical Galateas : female automatons and dolls -- Mannequins, masks, monsters, and dolls : film and arts in the 1920s and 1930s -- Simulated women in television and films, 1940s and after -- Engineering the perfect woman -- Dancing with robots and women in robotics design -- The woman artist as Pygmalion.
Call Number
JFE 16-4666
ISBN
  • 9780813563381
  • 0813563380
  • 9780813563374
  • 0813563372
  • 9780813563398 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0813563399 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014035923
OCLC
890971697
Author
Wosk, Julie, author.
Title
My fair ladies : female robots, androids, and other artificial Eves / Julie Wosk.
Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-4666
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