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Anatomy of a Robot: Literature, Cinema, and the Cultural Work of Artificial People Paperback - 2014
by Despina Kakoudaki
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- Title Anatomy of a Robot: Literature, Cinema, and the Cultural Work of Artificial People
- Author Despina Kakoudaki
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ and London
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780813562155 / 0813562155
- Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.07 x 5.82 x 0.47 in (23.04 x 14.78 x 1.19 cm)
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Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Pop Culture
- Library of Congress subjects Cyborgs in motion pictures, Robots in motion pictures
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013029877
- Dewey Decimal Code 809.933
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- Choice, 03/01/2015, Page 1138
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