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Springer, Claudia. "The Pleasure of the Interface" (1991). Anthologized ''[[Cybersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace]]''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1999. Mentioned in Veronica Hollinger's review of ''Cybersexualities'', "[[Doing It for Ourselves: Two Feminist Cyber-Readers]]," our source here, q.v.
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'''Springer, Claudia. "The Pleasure of the Interface"''' (1991). Anthologized ''[[Cybersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace]]''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1999. Mentioned in Veronica Hollinger's review of ''Cybersexualities'', "[[Doing It for Ourselves: Two Feminist Cyber-Readers]]," our source here, q.v.
  
 
"Springer’s essay looks at the contradictions and complexities of erotic desire as constructed through and experienced by cyborgs and techno-bodies in a range of sf texts, including novels, comics, and films." Hollinger somewhat ruefully notes — if without surprise — the conclusion that "the cyborg’s potential for disrupting gender categories has rarely been fulfilled" in these works (Hollinger 428).
 
"Springer’s essay looks at the contradictions and complexities of erotic desire as constructed through and experienced by cyborgs and techno-bodies in a range of sf texts, including novels, comics, and films." Hollinger somewhat ruefully notes — if without surprise — the conclusion that "the cyborg’s potential for disrupting gender categories has rarely been fulfilled" in these works (Hollinger 428).

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Springer, Claudia. "The Pleasure of the Interface" (1991). Anthologized Cybersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1999. Mentioned in Veronica Hollinger's review of Cybersexualities, "Doing It for Ourselves: Two Feminist Cyber-Readers," our source here, q.v.

"Springer’s essay looks at the contradictions and complexities of erotic desire as constructed through and experienced by cyborgs and techno-bodies in a range of sf texts, including novels, comics, and films." Hollinger somewhat ruefully notes — if without surprise — the conclusion that "the cyborg’s potential for disrupting gender categories has rarely been fulfilled" in these works (Hollinger 428).


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