{"product_id":"my-fair-ladies-julie-wosk-9780813563374","title":"My Fair Ladies: Female Robots, Androids, and Other Artificial Eves","description":"\u003cb\u003eRunner-up for the 2015 Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fantasy of a male creator constructing his perfect woman dates back to the Greek myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Yet as technology has advanced over the past century, the figure of the lifelike manmade woman has become nearly ubiquitous, popping up in everything from \u003ci\u003eBride of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWeird Science\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Stepford Wives\u003c\/i\u003e. Now Julie Wosk takes us on a fascinating tour through this bevy of artificial women, revealing the array of cultural fantasies and fears they embody. \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e considers how female automatons have been represented as objects of desire in fiction and how \"living dolls\" have been manufactured as real-world fetish objects. But it also examines the many works in which the \"perfect\" woman turns out to be artificial--a robot or doll--and thus becomes a source of uncanny horror. Finally, Wosk introduces us to a variety of female artists, writers, and filmmakers--from Cindy Sherman to Shelley Jackson to Zoe Kazan--who have cleverly crafted their own images of simulated women. Anything but dry, \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Ladies \u003c\/i\u003edraws upon Wosk's own experiences as a young female \u003ci\u003ePlayboy \u003c\/i\u003ecopywriter and as a child of the \"feminine mystique\" era to show how images of the artificial woman have loomed large over real women's lives. Lavishly illustrated with film stills, artwork, and vintage advertisements, this book offers a fresh look at familiar myths about gender, technology, and artistic creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Wosk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813563372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813563374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.17w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015","brand":"Julie Wosk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072808907007,"sku":"9780813563374","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e68d9af6-240b-49ab-9683-ec6f7324189d.jpg?v=1685444056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-fair-ladies-julie-wosk-9780813563374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}