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      The creation and dissolution of binaries in William Gibson's Neuromancer: Babylon, Zion, and the artificial intelligences

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      Date
      2007
      Author
      Friesen, Rilla Marie
      Type
      Project
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Since William Gibson includes a Rastafarian Enclave and a theological compass in Neuromancer, this can be used to examine the troublesome natures of the two Artificial Intelligences, Wintermute and Neuromancer. The Rastafarian's beliefs and interpretations of Babylon and Zion, the oppressors and the liberated, add political significance to the Tessier-Ashpool's and their enslaved Artificial Intelligences. Since the Artificial Intelligences are both created of Babylon – the Tessier-Ashpools – and also wanting to be free of them, they are something outside of both. In the Artificial Intelligences, then, Gibson collapses the straightforward dichotomy of Babylon and Zion.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      English
      Supervisor
      Clark, Hilary
      Copyright Date
      2007
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-11272007-203355
      Subject
      William Gibson
      Neuromancer
      Rastafarian
      dystopian
      binary opposition
      Artificial Intelligence
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