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"What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016)
Dissertation (MA (Digital Culture & Media))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91470 "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) Du Preez, Amanda rileyrengger@gmail.com Rengger, Riley UCTD Feminism Technology Screen Artificial intelligence Male gaze Science fiction Posthumanism Machine woman Dissertation (MA (Digital Culture & Media))--University of Pretoria, 2023. The representation of femininity on screen is a frequently explored topic, particularly in the science fiction genre, and has often been referred to as reflecting broader social ideas pertaining to femininity and technology. This study aims to analyse the use of femininity as a tool on screen. More specifically, it draws examples from digital screen media to explore pertinent ideas to contemporary feminist discourse in the digital space. Laura Mulvey’s (1975) influential essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, is discussed and evaluated so that it may be situated in the contemporary representation of women. This theoretical background thus grounds an analysis of key visual texts, namely Metropolis (1927), Ex Machina (2015), and Westworld (2016). Differences and similarities within the representation of machine- women on screen are revealed and reflect a complex telling of women’s stories. Visual Arts MA (Digital Culture & Media) Unrestricted 2023-07-17T07:02:11Z 2023-07-17T07:02:11Z 2023-09 2023-03 Dissertation * S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91470 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Feminism Technology Screen Artificial intelligence Male gaze Science fiction Posthumanism Machine woman "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title | "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title_full | "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title_fullStr | "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title_full_unstemmed | "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title_short | "What will happen to me if I fail your test?" : an exploration of femininity as a tool in Ex Machina (2015) and Westworld (2016) |
| title_sort | what will happen to me if i fail your test an exploration of femininity as a tool in ex machina 2015 and westworld 2016 |
| topic | UCTD Feminism Technology Screen Artificial intelligence Male gaze Science fiction Posthumanism Machine woman |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91470 |