Avatars of desire and the question of presence
Virtual and transitional spaces meet their liminal edge – From Pygmalion to Spike Jonze's Her , and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8972030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfred Margulies (The Cambridge Health Alliance, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1697-1708 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1745-8315.12528 |
| PMID | 27239753 |
| OpenAlex | W2413186296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
There is a poignant strangeness to Spike Jonze's movie Her (2013); we resonate with the characters' clumsiness in trying to reach one another, each an avatar to the other's desire. The movie is an
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive science · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution · Liminality · Psychoanalysis · Spike (software development · Artificial Intelligence · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |