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This research explores the cultural representations of body technologies like in vitro fertilization and cosmetic surgery in film. It examines how these portrayals reflect and challenge societal norms regarding gender identity and the concept of the 'grotesque body' in the context of technological advancements.
The proposed post-doctoral research project starts from the observation that the development and application of various ‘body technologies’ such as in vitro fertilisation, cosmetic surgery and genetic engineering are accompanied by a plethora of images of incomplete, multiplied, excessively fragmented and reassembled, as well as technologically altered and grossly deformed bodies surfacing in Art Cinema and Hollywood films alike.
These images stand in sharp contrast to representations that repro…
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