RT Journal Article
T1 The Cyborg of the House : Posthuman Reconfigurations of the Feminine Space in Electronic Literature
A1 Goicoechea De Jorge, María
AB ABSTRACT: The main objective of this contribution is to reflect upon the different ways in which women authors of electronic literature in English have used intermediality and computational tools to reconfigure the concept of the home as a traditionally feminine space. This study has involved the selection and analysis of a set of works belonging to the same decade, which include Mary Flanagan’s “[domestic]” (2003) and “[thehouse]” (2006); Roxanne Carter’s “Housing Problems” (2009); Christine Wilks’ “Talespin” (2008); Juliet Davies’ “Pieces of Herself” (2005); and J. R. Carpenter’s “Entre Ville” (2006) and “In Absentia” (2008). By analyzing a heterogeneous mixture of media formats and genres, this article will trace a trajectory of real, possible, and imagined technological incursions in female spaces: from posthuman reconfigurations of domesticity in data landscapes to cyborgic transformations of the “angel of the house.” The authors selected illustrate the way in which the digital space can be also used to contest traditional roles, expose the cultural politics that lies behind normative categories, and call for a revision of the demands that the digital room of one’s own impinges on women.
PB Common Ground Research Networks
SN 2327-0055
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132341
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132341
LA eng
NO Goicoechea, María. «The Cyborg of the House : Posthuman Reconfigurations of the Feminine Space in Electronic Literature». The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, vol. 23, n.º 2, 2025, pp. 15-34, https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0055/CGP/v23i02/15-34.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 mar 2026