Technology and femininity in Marcel L'Herbier's L'Inhumaine

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Technology and femininity in Marcel L'Herbier's L'Inhumaine

This article examines the intersection of technology and femininity in Marcel L’Herbier’s 1924 silent film L’Inhumaine, focusing on the film’s articulation of a figure of machine-woman who may be read as alternately inhuman and posthuman. The article draws on previous scholarship by Maureen Shanahan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shingler, Katherine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh University Press 2019
Subjects:	machine-woman posthuman queer theory silent film technology of orgasm
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50616/

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