Masters of Cyber-Religion: The Female Body as God's "Interface" in the TV Series Caprica

Jutta Wimmler
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The article proposes that the short-lived science fiction series Caprica (2009 – 2010) espoused a rather atypical ideology that was based on the prominence of women and femininity in the narrative. Through women, the series merged science and religion, body and mind, human and machine and established a moral code based on respect for those usually “othered” in the genre. The narrative accomplished this by consciously employing and then re-arranging western gender stereotypes, which led to the emergence of a specifically feminine approach to science that was, amongst other things, also religious. This combination had subversive potential because of the series’ premise that God actually exists and is actively involved in human/cyborg affairs. Women emerged as points of contact on behalf of this God who pitted them against rationalized and universalized male science.
网络宗教大师:电视剧《卡布里卡》中作为上帝“界面”的女性身体
这篇文章提出,短命的科幻系列卡布里卡(2009 - 2010)支持一种相当非典型的意识形态,这种意识形态是基于女性和女性气质在叙事中的突出地位。通过女性,该系列将科学与宗教、身体与心灵、人类与机器融合在一起,并建立了一套道德准则,该准则基于对此类题材中通常“他者”的尊重。叙事通过有意识地使用并重新安排西方的性别刻板印象来实现这一目标,这导致了一种特殊的女性方法的出现,这种方法与其他事物一样,也是宗教的。这种结合具有颠覆性的潜力,因为该系列的前提是上帝确实存在,并且积极参与人类/电子人的事务。女性成为了上帝的联络点,上帝让她们反对合理化和普遍化的男性科学。
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