WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE

This study aims to analyze gender portrayal in Ghost in the Shell (2017) movie by applying Donna Haraway’s concept of cyborgs as in her Cyborg Manifesto. Focusing on the analysis of narrative and non-narrative elements, this research seeks to reveal how the main character is portrayed as a female cy...

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Main Authors: Pujo Sakti Nur Cahyo, Riyan Evrilia Suryaningtyas
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Language:English
Published: English Literature Department, Universitas Bangka Belitung 2020-03-01
Series:Lire Journal
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Online Access:https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/65
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description This study aims to analyze gender portrayal in Ghost in the Shell (2017) movie by applying Donna Haraway’s concept of cyborgs as in her Cyborg Manifesto. Focusing on the analysis of narrative and non-narrative elements, this research seeks to reveal how the main character is portrayed as a female cyborg. As a result, the writers found that her shifting existence as a female cyborg in the movie is the representation of how women can be the subject by affiliating with technology. The assumption of women as the "object" of technology is no longer exist, and they are competent to have a career in technology. As a conclusion, this movie promotes the idea of women empowerment in technology by the affiliation of women and technology.
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spelling doaj-art-45b16c8bc88741d191b98ff16880747a2025-02-03T07:36:40ZengEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Bangka BelitungLire Journal2581-21302598-18032020-03-014110.33019/lire.v4i1.6565WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIEPujo Sakti Nur Cahyo0Riyan Evrilia Suryaningtyas1English Department Universitas AirlanggaEnglish Department Universitas AirlanggaThis study aims to analyze gender portrayal in Ghost in the Shell (2017) movie by applying Donna Haraway’s concept of cyborgs as in her Cyborg Manifesto. Focusing on the analysis of narrative and non-narrative elements, this research seeks to reveal how the main character is portrayed as a female cyborg. As a result, the writers found that her shifting existence as a female cyborg in the movie is the representation of how women can be the subject by affiliating with technology. The assumption of women as the "object" of technology is no longer exist, and they are competent to have a career in technology. As a conclusion, this movie promotes the idea of women empowerment in technology by the affiliation of women and technology. https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/65Cyborg ManifestoFemale CyborgFeminismTechnoculture
spellingShingle Pujo Sakti Nur Cahyo
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WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
Lire Journal
Cyborg Manifesto
Female Cyborg
Feminism
Technoculture
title WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
title_full WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
title_fullStr WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
title_full_unstemmed WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
title_short WOMAN AND TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY ON GENDER PORTRAYAL OF A FEMALE CYBORG IN GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) MOVIE
title_sort woman and technology a study on gender portrayal of a female cyborg in ghost in the shell 2017 movie
topic Cyborg Manifesto
Female Cyborg
Feminism
Technoculture
url https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/65
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