Lara Croft

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Lara Croft Seeing the Monster Erich Wolodzko
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• Since the computerized cover girls are patched
  together from the best features of real models
  and stars, no real woman can ever hope to equal
  them.

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• Since the computerized cover girls are patched
  together from the best features of real models
  and stars, no real woman can ever hope to equal
  them.
• Her character is reminiscent of a Female
  Frankenstein.

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• Since the computerized cover girls are patched
  together from the best features of real models
  and stars, no real woman can ever hope to equal
  them.
• Her character is reminiscent of a Female
  Frankenstein.
• Lara Croft is seen as the monstrous offspring of
  science an idealized, eternally young female
  automaton, a malleable, well-trained
  techno-puppet created by and for the male gaze.

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Lara the Monster

• Lara is both uncanny and liminal.
• Critics call her a monster.
• They cite her monstrous traits.

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Lara the Friend

• Not marketed as a monster.
• Not received as a monster.
• Became a celebrity.

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How can she be both?
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Kenneth Burke

• Concept of Identity.
• Identification is central to communication.

associate good
dissociate bad
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Consequences

• Monstrous traits are only part of the picture.
• Monster is a subjective term.

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