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EN 3950 Speculative Fiction BIG BIG SKY by Kristyn Dunnion

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Feminist science fiction

¤  How do we understand the politics of the female cyborgs in Big Big Sky?

¤  Are they revolutionaries combatting the “informatics of domination”?

¤  Are they building alliances based on affinity?

¤  Or are they forever bound by the limits imposed on them by the imperialist ScanMans?

Breaking down boundaries between…

¤  Humans and animals

¤  Organisms and machines

¤  Physical and non-physical

Cyborgs in Big Big Sky

¤  Humans and animals: ¤  ‘deforming’ of Roku into a bird ¤  ‘deforming’ of Rustle into a trans-sexual fish-human hybrid

¤  Organisms and machines: ¤  Rustle had mind tuning ¤  The ‘fakies’ they found in the Living Lab ¤  The pod have all been technologically and genetically manipulated ¤  They use tools as integrated parts of themselves e.g. Loo’s knife

¤  Physical and non-physical: ¤  Fusion as both physical and emotional intimacy ¤  Mind-sending and wave-sending

Next week

¤  Assignment #1 due Thursday, October 13

¤  View Ghost in the Shell

¤  Optional reading of the manga of Ghost in the Shell (available online – link is given in syllabus)

¤  Don’t forget the Ghost in the Shell screening on Friday (tomorrow) at 6:00pm!

¤  Happy colonialist pie-eating long week-end!

Proudly present for your viewing pleasure... Shirow Masamune’s Groundbreaking Cyberpunk Anime:

Friday, October 7, 2011 @ 6:00pm (Room 1022) Contact: rwhitman@lakeheadu.ca