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dc.contributor.authorSandahl, Ann-Louise
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-29T13:39:54Z
dc.date.available2012-08-29T13:39:54Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/30163
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the thesis is to explore how the human subject is depicted in contemporary posthuman cinema and how these films effect our comprehension of human subjectivity. The object of analysis is James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) and the method of analysis is cybernetic and intermedial. The conclusion is that Avatar is a film that depicts a posthuman network society where existence and subjectivity in a great variety of forms is possible. The film presents posthuman subjects in symbiosis with avatars, terminals, extensions and prothesis. In Avatar the human body is exchangeable or even possible to do without, it is not an absolute condition for human life. The human subject can be transformed into a pattern of information and exist for eternity in information circuits. Another conclusion is that the way the human subject and the body are depicted in Avatar is a reflection of the medial and technological structure in our network society. Posthuman narratives is a way of connecting people’s mental worlds to this structure.sv
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dc.subjectPosthumanismsv
dc.subjectsubjectivitysv
dc.subjectvirtualitysv
dc.subjectcyberneticssv
dc.subjectintermedialitysv
dc.subjectAvatarsv
dc.subjectposthuman cinemasv
dc.titlePOSTHUMANISTISKA SUBJEKT I VISUELL KULTURsv
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dc.setspec.uppsokHumanitiesTheology
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dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Gothenburg/Department of Cultural Scienceseng
dc.contributor.departmentGöteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperswe
dc.type.degreeStudent essay


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