Artigo Revisado por pares

Mind Over Matter: Mental Evolution and Physical Devolution in The Incredible Shrinking Man

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01956051.2012.674070

ISSN

1930-6458

Autores

Ruthellen Cunnally,

Tópico(s)

Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Resumo

Abstract Using the background of cold war politics and the growing toxic environmental concerns of the 1950s, this article reevaluates the film The Incredible Shrinking Man in the context of Donna Haraway's cyborg manifesto. The hero of the film undergoes a transformation into a reflection of Haraway's cyborgs. Keywords: cold warcyborgfilmDonna Haraway The Incredible Shrinking Man science fiction

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