The Pleasure of the Interface

Springer, Claudia. "The Pleasure of the Interface" (1991). Anthologized Cybersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1999. Mentioned in Veronica Hollinger's review of Cybersexualities, "Doing It for Ourselves: Two Feminist Cyber-Readers," our source here, q.v.

"Springer’s essay looks at the contradictions and complexities of erotic desire as constructed through and experienced by cyborgs and techno-bodies in a range of sf texts, including novels, comics, and films." Hollinger somewhat ruefully notes — if without surprise — the conclusion that "the cyborg’s potential for disrupting gender categories has rarely been fulfilled" in these works (Hollinger 428).

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