The medium is the monster : Canadian adaptations of Frankenstein and the discourse of technology /

"Technology, a word that emerged historically first to denote the study of any art or technique, has come, in modernity, to describe advanced machines, industrial systems, and media. McCutcheon argues that it is Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein that effectively reinvented the meaning...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCutcheon, Mark A., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2018]
Colección:Campus Alberta collection
Temas:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851 > Adaptations.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851 > Influence.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851. > Frankenstein.
McLuhan, Marshall, > 1911-1980 > Adaptations.
McLuhan, Marshall, > 1911-1980 > Influence.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851 > Frankenstein.
McLuhan, Marshall, > 1911-1980
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)
Technology in popular culture.
Technology in popular culture > Canada.
Technology in literature.
Technology and civilization.
Technology and civilization in literature.
Technologie dans la culture populaire.
Technologie dans la culture populaire > Canada.
Technologie dans la littérature.
Technologie et civilisation.
Technologie et civilisation dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Technology and civilization
Technology and civilization in literature
Technology in literature
Technology in popular culture
Canada
Electronic books.
Adaptations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Technology, Frankenstein, and ... Canada?; 2. Refocusing Adaptation Studies; 3. Frankenstein and the Reinvention of "Technology"; 4. The Medium Is the Monster: McLuhan's "Frankenpheme" of Technology; 5. Monstrous Adaptations: McLuhanesque Frankensteins in Neuromancer and Videodrome; 6. "Technology Implies Belligerence": Pattern Propagation in Canadian Science Fiction; 7. Is It Live or Is It Deadmau5? Pattern Amplification in Canadian Electronic Dance Music.
  • 8. Monster Mines and Pipelines: Frankenphemes of Tar Sands Technology in Canadian Popular CultureConclusion; References; Index.

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