Author: Rebecca L. Jones, University Honors, University of Maryland - Academia.edu, ORCID, ResearchGate

Contents:

	Abbreviations (p. vii)
	1 Gynoids and Fabular Femininity (p. 1)
		1.1 Introduction (p. 1)
		1.2 Definitions (p. 5)
		1.3 Performing (Artificial) Gender (p. 10)
		1.4 The Myth of Fabular Femininity (p. 15)
		1.5 The ‘Cyborg,’ Posthumanism, and Filmic Gynoids (p. 20)
		1.6 Scope (p. 25)
		1.7 A Taxonomy of Artificial Sexuality (p. 30)
		1.8 Chapter Overview (p. 33)
		Bibliography (p. 37)
	2 The Perfect (Artificial) Woman (p. 43)
		2.1 Introduction (p. 43)
		2.2 Duplication: Making a ‘Perfect’ Woman (p. 47)
		2.3 Mass-Production: Commodified Femininity (p. 65)
		2.4 Sex-Bot: Commodified Sexual Object (p. 79)
		2.5 Refusals: When Gynoids Say No to Sex (p. 97)
		2.6 Conclusion (p. 102)
		Bibliography (p. 104)
	3 Artificial Girlfriends (p. 111)
		3.1 Introduction (p. 111)
		3.2 (Wo)Man and Artificial Girlfriends (p. 114)
		3.3 Love Between Artificials (p. 132)
		3.4 Conclusion (p. 143)
		Bibliography (p. 145)
	4 Chosen (Artificial) Motherhood (p. 151)
		4.1 Introduction (p. 151)
		4.2 Manufactured Children (p. 156)
		4.3 Artificial Guardians and Adopted Children (p. 159)
		4.4 Conclusion (p. 165)
		Bibliography (p. 167)
	5 Sexy Killing Machines (p. 169)
		5.1 Introduction (p. 169)
		5.2 Gynoid Rape-Revenge: Artificial Female Avengers (p. 173)
		5.3 Deadly Seductress: Femininity That Kills (p. 189)
		5.4 Conclusion (p. 202)
		Bibliography (p. 204)
	6 Evolving Fables and Future Femininities (p. 207)
		6.1 Fabular Artificial Femininity (p. 207)
		6.2 Future Studies (p. 216)
		6.3 Off-Screen Feminine Technologies (p. 219)
		Bibliography (p. 221)
	Appendix A: Artificial Sexuality Archetypes and Their Instances (p. 225)
	Appendix B: Abridged Timeline of Real-World AI and Robotics (p. 245)
	Appendix C: Artificial Sexuality Filmography (p. 263)
	Appendix D: Full Filmography by Year (p. 267)
	Appendix E: Glossary (p. 279)
	Bibliography (p. 285)
	Index (p. 301)

Description: »This book is the first comprehensive overview of the history of female-presenting AI and robots in US and UK live-action, science fiction films from 1949 to 2023. It offers an original taxonomy that aids in the examination of 80 films and over 135 characters’ representations, starting with The Perfect Woman (1949) and ending with Robots (2023). Using its representational taxonomy, this book analyses the evolution of these depictions, showing the continuations, revisions, and shifts in the depiction of female-presenting AI and robots from objectified, eroticised, subordinated things to being autonomous moral agents who assert their right to equality and refuse their abusive, typically sexual, use. This book shows how these fictional, gendered constructions are products of a heterosexual, cisgender, male fantasy of an idealised, subordinated form of femininity. These artificial characters, along with their real-world counterparts, highlight a desire for a subordinated femininity, but also show how that subordination is a social construction often reinforced and countered in onscreen depictions. By examining the trends within its asserted Galatea, Girlfriend, Mother, and Deadly Seductress types, this book presents an exploration of what our female-presenting artificial creations could be, while addressing their contemporary, and our current, AI technologies, and how science fiction is influencing real life, while our reality seeks to mirror science fiction.« (Source: Springer Link)

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