TY - JOUR
T1 - A Cyborg Performance: Gender and Genre in Octavia Butler
AU - Omry, Keren
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Donna Haraway"s seminal article drafting the cyborg as a key metaphor for the anti-original, inherently plural, and endlessly dynamic paradigm explaining the western culture of the late twentieth century still proves a potent image that resonates in more recent decades. Haraway"s striking metaphor becomes literally manifest and productively fictionalized in the science fictional writing of Octavia Butler. Using Haraway"s model as the theoretical basis for analysis, this article will offer a critical reading of Butler"s work, exploring the intersection of racial, gendered, and generic considerations.
AB - Donna Haraway"s seminal article drafting the cyborg as a key metaphor for the anti-original, inherently plural, and endlessly dynamic paradigm explaining the western culture of the late twentieth century still proves a potent image that resonates in more recent decades. Haraway"s striking metaphor becomes literally manifest and productively fictionalized in the science fictional writing of Octavia Butler. Using Haraway"s model as the theoretical basis for analysis, this article will offer a critical reading of Butler"s work, exploring the intersection of racial, gendered, and generic considerations.
UR - https://www.academia.edu/6952022/A_Cyborg_Performance_Gender_and_Genre_in_Octavia_Butler
M3 - Article
SP - 45
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Gender and Cultural Critiques
JF - Journal of Gender and Cultural Critiques
ER -