"On je kiborg, idiote!": Cyber-feminističko čitanje filmova Paula Verhoevena
"He is a Cyborg, You Idiot!": Cyberfeminist Reading of Films by Paul Verhoeven
Author(s): Olga Dimitrijević Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ženska infoteka
Keywords: Paul Verhoeven; Robocop; Total Recall; cyber-world; dualism; Donna Haraway;
Summary/Abstract: By analysing two Verhoeven's films (Robocop and Total Recall) the author states that in the postmodern cyber-world the boundaries set by dualisms constantly present in western culture fade and mix. The aim of all dualisms is to allow the process of domination over all constituted as other. The most prominent dualism are self/other, spirit/body, culture/nature, male/female, civilised/primitive, reality/illusion. The eradication of boundaries brings new identities, new ways of constituting and constructing our identities. The field of the other is suddenly deep within us, confronting us with the necessity of reinterpretation of our unconscious images. We could say that the 20th century is marked by disintegration of bodily structure and ubiquitous awerness of its availability and fragility.
Journal: Kruh i ruže
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 15-23
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Croatian