Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination
byRichard A. Hall, PhD, is author of The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History; Pop Goes the Decade: The Seventies; The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television; and Pop Goes the Decade: The 2000s. He lives in Laredo, TX.
20210712
Greenwood
Pages | 360 |
Topics | Alexa and Siri;Battlestar Galactica;Blade Runner;Cyborgs;Doctor Who;Marvel Comics;Star Trek;Star Wars;The Terminator;2001: A Space Odyssey;WALL-E;The Arts |
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Hall, Richard. Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination. Greenwood, 2021. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440873850.
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Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic robots in American popular culture.
In the last 10 years, technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have become not only a daily but a minute-by-minute part of American life—more integrated into our lives than anyone would have believed even a generation before. Americans have long known the adorable and helpful R2-D2 and the terrible possibilities of Skynet and its army of Terminators. Throughout, we have seen machines as valuable allies and horrifying enemies. Today, Americans cling to their mobile phones with the same affection that Luke Skywalker felt for the squat R2-D2. Meanwhile, our phones, personal computers, and cars have attained the ability to know and learn everything about us.
This volume opens with essays about robots in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most famous AIs in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various robots. The volume closes with a glossary of key terms and a bibliography providing students with resources to continue their study of what robots tell us about ourselves.
- Provides readers with detailed information on popular examples of robots/AI in American popular culture
- Provides readers with considerable "Further Reading" suggestions, including scholarly, pop culture, and scientific readings on each topic
- Places popular examples of robots/AI in pop culture in proper historical perspective
- Provides scholarly material that gives readers additional important historical context in five essays
- Gives equal coverage to a diverse array of robots, from the well-known to the obscure
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Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination
Author(s): Hall, Richard;Contributors: Hall, Richard;Abstract:Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic robots in American popular culture.
In the last 10 years, technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have become not only a daily but a minute-by-minute part of American life—more integrated into our lives than anyone would have believed even a generation before. Americans have long known the adorable and helpful R2-D2 and the terrible possibilities of Skynet and its army of Terminators. Throughout, we have seen machines as valuable allies and horrifying enemies. Today, Americans cling to their mobile phones with the same affection that Luke Skywalker felt for the squat R2-D2. Meanwhile, our phones, personal computers, and cars have attained the ability to know and learn everything about us.
This volume opens with essays about robots in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most famous AIs in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various robots. The volume closes with a glossary of key terms and a bibliography providing students with resources to continue their study of what robots tell us about ourselves.
- Provides readers with detailed information on popular examples of robots/AI in American popular culture
- Provides readers with considerable "Further Reading" suggestions, including scholarly, pop culture, and scientific readings on each topic
- Places popular examples of robots/AI in pop culture in proper historical perspective
- Provides scholarly material that gives readers additional important historical context in five essays
- Gives equal coverage to a diverse array of robots, from the well-known to the obscure
SortTitle: robots in popular culture: androids and cyborgs in the american imaginationAuthor Info:Richard A. HallauthorRichard A. Hall, PhD, is author of The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History; Pop Goes the Decade: The Seventies; The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television; and Pop Goes the Decade: The 2000s. He lives in Laredo, TX.
eISBN-13: 9781440873850Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440873850.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440873843Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 360Publication Date: 20210712- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Preface xi12
- Chronology of Milestone Events xv16
- Introduction xxiii24
- Thematic Essays 132
- A–Z Entries 5788
- Adam 5990
- Al/Ziggy 6192
- Alita 6394
- Androids 6596
- Arnim Zola 6899
- AWESOM-O 4000 70101
- Batcomputer 72103
- B.A.T.s (Battle Android Troopers 74105
- Battle Droids 76107
- Baymax 78109
- BB-8 80111
- Bender 82113
- Bernard 84115
- Bishop 86117
- Borg 88119
- Brainiac 92123
- Buffybot 94125
- C-3PO 98129
- Cambot/Gypsy/Tom Servo/Crow 101132
- Cerebro/Cerebra 103134
- Control 105136
- Cybermen 108139
- Cyborg 111142
- Cylons 112143
- Daleks 117148
- Darth Vader 120151
- D-O 122153
- Doctor Octopus 124155
- Doctor/EMH (Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I 126157
- Dolores 129160
- Doombots 132163
- Dr. Theopolis and Twiki 134165
- Echo/CT-1409 136167
- ED-209 138169
- EV-9D9 140171
- Fembots 142173
- General Grievous 145176
- The Great Intelligence 147178
- HAL 9000 150181
- HERBIE 153184
- Human Torch 155186
- IG-88/IG-11 158189
- Inspector Gadget 160191
- Iron Giant 162193
- Iron Legion 164195
- Iron Man 165196
- Jaime Sommers 168199
- Janet 171202
- JARVIS/Friday 173204
- Jocasta 176207
- Johnny 5/S.A.I.N.T. Number 5 178209
- K-2SO 181212
- K9 183214
- KITT 184215
- L3-37/Millennium Falcon 188219
- Landru 190221
- Lieutenant Commander Data 192223
- LMDs (Life Model Decoys 196227
- Lore/B4 198229
- Marvin the Paranoid Android 202233
- Maschinenmensch/Maria 204235
- The Matrix/Agent Smith 205236
- Max Headroom 208239
- Mechagodzilla 209240
- Medical Droids 212243
- Metalhead 214245
- Metallo 216247
- Muffit 218249
- Nardole 221252
- OASIS 223254
- Oz 224255
- R2-D2 227258
- Rehoboam 230261
- Replicants 232263
- Robby the Robot 235266
- RoboCop 237268
- Robot 240271
- Robots 243274
- Rosie 246277
- Sentinels 249280
- Skynet 251282
- Soji and Dahj Asha 254285
- Speed Buggy 258289
- Starfleet Computer 260291
- Stepford Wives 262293
- Steve Austin 264295
- TARDIS 267298
- Terminators 270301
- Teselecta 272303
- Tin Woodsman 275306
- Transformers 277308
- Ultron 281312
- V-GER 285316
- VICI 288319
- Vision 289320
- Voltron 292323
- WALL-E 295326
- Warlock 297328
- WOPR 299330
- Zordon/Alpha-5 303334
- Glossary 305336
- Bibliography 309340
- About the Author and Contributors 321352
- Index 323354