Armor Becoming Flesh: Stereoscopy, Technological Conversion, and the Agentive Thing

Abstract: 

This paper applies avatar studies, critical action theories, and rhetorics of conversion to SF/fantasy narratives of endo- or exoskelatal prosthetics, arguing that Cameron's Avatar (2009) presents a techno-conversion narrative suggesting changes in the coordination of corporeal experience in technocratic capital.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
James
Last Name: 
Tobias
Institution: 
University of California, Riverside