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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00579
- Thesis Title
- Unruly Bodies: Monstrous Readings of Biotechnology
- Author
- Cynthia J. Verspaget
- E-mail
- C.Verspaget AT curtin.edu.au
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Year
- 2015 (2017)
- Number of Pages
- 315
- University
- Curtin University
- Thesis Supervisor
- Dr Helen Merrick, Dr Michele Willson
- Supervisor e-mail
- M.Willson AT exchange.curtin.edu.au
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- School of Media Culture and Creative Arts (Formerly Media and Information)
- Copyright Ownership
- Author, Cynthia J. Verspaget
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstream/handle/20.500.11937/1994/240083_Verspaget%202016%20partial.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
- Keywords
- BioArt, Zombies, HeLa, Art, STS, SFS, Monsters
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- This thesis deploys the popular culture figure, the zombie, as a metaphor to examine the intersection of biotechnology and the production of knowledge about the body. Through reference to the HeLa cell line and BioArt project The Anarchy Cell Line, I show how the zombie metaphor helps to analyse and potentially undo Biology’s inflexible binary classification system, allowing a more inclusive and less reductive reading of those who are subject to Biology's system of knowledge