This paper talks about Cyborg Subjectivity which is a contraction of the term 'cybernetic organism', an amalgam of the human and the machine and as such distinct from the earlier, purely mechanical, robot or automaton. As there is a shift in visual technologies from the earlier times to our current digital age, this paper is an attempt to show how the relationship between reality and its representation has altered over time. For example, Barbie doll (a posthuman prototype of femme fatale and cyborg subjectivity) is not just a simulacrum of the real ‘perfect’ white-skinned woman, but in today’s world real women like Cindy Jackson are turning into living dolls, thus justifying the ‘plastic-perfect’ cyborg identity in the ‘hyperreal’ world where ‘Synthetic’ beings are everyday reality. On racial grounds too, with the arrival of African and Indian Barbie, the concept of the ‘Other’ also makes a descent. Accordingly, this paper aims to suggest that new visual technologies offer new ways of interpreting the posthuman and understanding the gendered self, the practices of sex, queer body and the biology of the homosexual. They move us beyond current literature on the posthuman by exploring the role of representation in understanding the posthuman at the point where the material and the virtual collapse. This development has been made possible by advances in micro-technology, genetic engineering and bio-medical science resulting in prosthetic body parts, mobile phones, optical glasses, dentures, body augmentation/cosmetic surgery, and cyberspace/virtual world thus transforming our subjectivity. Key Words: Cyborg subjectivity, Posthuman, Barbie Dolls, Cyber space, Virtual reality, Hyperreal.


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    Title :

    I THINK THEREFORE I LOOK. (RE) THINKING FLESH AND BODIES OF TECHNOLOGY


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    Publication date :

    2016-03-09


    Remarks:

    International Journal of Multifaceted and Multilingual Studies; Vol 3 No 3 (2016): IJMMS MARCH ISSUE 2016 ; 2350-0476 ; 2394-207X


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    DDC:    629