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Aug 2026
The Co-opted Cyborg: Self-Construction and the Reproduction of Power in Female Technological Bodies in Popular Visual Culture
The paper argues that female cyborg bodies do not automatically achieve post-gender liberation and are often reabsorbed into patriarchal and capitalist structures through traumatic empowerment, aesthetic discipline, and the illusion of free choice.
Xing-Zhu Chen
· Advances in Economics, Manag... · 0 citations