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The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture is a dazzling and provocative examination of the cyborg—the concept of man-as-machine—in popular culture. The title is from a 1919 essay by Sigmund Freud (and included in the book), which deals with the sensation of "uncanniness" as being strange and... read more
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The story of the uncanny cyborg is that of a lasting cultural anxiety surrounding the birth of the machine and the machinic function in western culture.
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- Bruce Grenville (Editor)
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- Dewey: 370
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