A) Doane: Reproduction more at stake than production. “Reproduction is the guarantee of history – both human biological reproduction and mechanical reproduction.” Bridges: “The Sandman” summary including the psychological and the technological parts to criticism.
B) “inner essence” – the soul
L’Eve future – Adam – woman of the future – (Tomorrow’s Eve)
Robot- work by mechanical creation
Cyborg- human and technological components
Android – manlike technological creation
Automation – actions of the creations
Metropolis- male workers mechanized, represents a city run by underground machines
C) Both texts were interesting in that they explored some symbolic parallels between literary and cinematic works and the portrayal of women. I really enjoyed how Bridges defined the terms and thought it would have been helpful to give examples of each. “The Sandman” summary was an interesting look at Hoffmann’s work. It was helpful that Bridges explained the piece of work and included some of the criticism that Hoffmann received.
Questions:
What inspired Hoffmann to write “The Sandman”? Was it out of the fact that he has a fear of destructive postwar technologies, as critics suggest?
How does technology make possible the destabilization of sexual identity as a category?
How is reproduction at stake?
Doane – page 112 – (at least till a new order of things comes in) – what is meant by this? How has the social status of women changed?
How do movies like Alien, Aliens, and Blade Runner differ? How are they similar?
In other cultures, are objects like robots, androids, cyborgs still playing a major role in depicting women? Has this changed over time? What do feminist groups and other parts of societies think of this?
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