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THE HISTORY OF CYBORG BODY POLITICS
The cyborg is a ubiquitous metaphor for the hybridization of humans and technologies. However, there is no single authentic type of cyborg. As Chris Hables Gray made clear in The Cyborg Handbook (1995) rigid categorisation of the cyborg has been problematic in view of the proliferation of multiple, miscellaneous cyborg forms. The range of human-technology couplings is extensive and as a consequence the term ‘cyborg' has come to possess an enduring status as a fluctuating aesthetic. Contemporary meanings of the cyborg are volatile with each use of the term potentially referencing separate and often dissimilar theoretical conceptions of the word, from Marxism to Feminism, from Postcolonial to Posthuman. Despite the absence of a single authoritative definition of cyborg, a general explanation identifies cyborgs as hybrids of organic and artificial components.
In examining the human-technology merger it is necessary to outline the origins of......

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