Lisa Perdigao- PhD
- Florida Institute of Technology
Lisa Perdigao
- PhD
- Florida Institute of Technology
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Perdigao examines how the multiple worlds of Joss Whedon, spanning more than twenty years, represent a “progressive awakening” about the Singularity, the moment when “human life will be irreversibly transformed” by the pace and impact of technological change (Vinge). The evolution of Whedon’s depictions of AI in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)...
In its five seasons, the storylines of Glee celebrate triumph over adversity. Characters combat what they perceive to be their limitations, discovering their voices and senses of self in New Directions.
In its five seasons, the storylines of Glee celebrate triumph over adversity. Characters combat what they perceive to be their limitations, discovering their voices and senses of self in New Directions.
Each of us faces death in private, personal ways. Yet we also encounter death in relation to our culture's aesthetics of mortality, through traditional and new media. From the page to the stage to the screen, twentieth and twenty-first century American texts and performance media are vexed sites for representing death, demonstrating both transcende...
