Kön i tid och rymd - En undersökning av cyborgkroppar i Doctor Who

Abstract

In this essay I will examine the relation between gender and qualities that are required for attaining humanity. The essay revolves around the concept of cyborg as a part cybernetic, part biological creature. From a pop cultural perspective the focus of this essay is BBC's Doctor Who. Pop culture is but a reflektion of culture and the cyborgs in the series reproduce the norms of our society. I will argue that the cyborgs in Doctor Who reproduce gender in some way, either by denouncing gender in its totality, or by reproducing gender stereotypes in the narrative of the show. I will also argue that there is a connection between gendered cyborgs and how cyborgs are perceived as human or inhuman in relation to the other characters on the show, or as a threat to humanity itself.