The Techno-Barbie Speaks Back: Experiments with Gendered Hormones

IF 0.2 4区 文学 0 LITERATURE PARAGRAPH Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.3366/para.2023.0416
B. Lim, A. Christianson, E. Nicholls, A. Aldridge, A. Dymock
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In Testo Junkie, Preciado briefly introduces the figure of the ‘techno-Barbie’. Contrasted with his own Testogel-fuelled pornographic experiments, the possibilities of oestrogen or progesterone seem somewhat uncharitably foreclosed upon. Though Preciado draws our attention to the gendered politics of chemical enhancement and hormonal justice, it begs the question: where do we draw the line between experimentation and chemical domination? We engage with the figure of the techno-Barbie to explore our own experiments with hormones and gendered agency in the boundaries of advanced biocapitalism. Drawing on a range of allied texts, we explore the ambivalences of our own hormonal experimentation. What kinds of hormonal experiments are allowed to be cast as such? In response to this all-encompassing theory of domination, we ask: how might the techno-Barbie speak back?
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科技芭比反击:性别荷尔蒙实验
在《Testo Junkie》一书中,普雷西亚多简要介绍了“科技芭比”的形象。与他自己的睾酮刺激的色情实验相比,雌激素或黄体酮的可能性似乎有些无情地被取消了。尽管普雷西亚多把我们的注意力吸引到化学增强和激素正义的性别政治上,但它回避了一个问题:我们在实验和化学统治之间的界限在哪里?我们与科技芭比娃娃的形象接触,在先进生物资本主义的边界上探索我们自己的荷尔蒙和性别代理实验。借助一系列相关文本,我们探索了我们自己的荷尔蒙实验的矛盾心理。什么样的荷尔蒙实验被允许这样描述?针对这种无所不包的统治理论,我们会问:科技芭比娃娃会如何回应?
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1983, Paragraph is a leading journal in modern critical theory. It publishes essays and review articles in English which explore critical theory in general and its application to literature, other arts and society. Regular special issues by guest editors highlight important themes and figures in modern critical theory.
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