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Imagining slaves and robots in literature, film, and popular culture : reinventing yesterday's slave with tomorrow's robot
Title
Imagining slaves and robots in literature, film, and popular culture : reinventing yesterday's slave with tomorrow's robot / Gregory Jerome Hampton.
ISBN
9780739191453
0739191454
9780739191460
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Physical Description
xvii, 95 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 07, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Reading the writing on the wall
Racing robots and making slaves : how the past informs the future
Proslavery thought and the black robot : selling household appliances to Southern belles
The true cult of humanhood : displacing repressed sexuality onto mechanical bodies
The tragic mulatto and the android : imitations of life in literature and on the silver screen
AI (artificial identity) : the new negro
From Fritz Lang to Janelle Monae : black robots singing and dancing
Conclusion : When the revolution comes.
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