Built Women in Men’s Paradises: A Critical Analysis of the Garden of Eden Narrative and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina
Bringing the biblical story of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3) into conversation with Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina, this paper examines and compares the male-scribed nature of paradise stories that describe the "building" of woman-creatures. From ancient Judean scribes to modern fi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
2022
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 147-171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eve
/ Creation account (Genesis)
/ Ex machina (Film)
/ Woman
/ Creation
/ Literalness
/ Patriarchate
/ Technology
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament NBD Doctrine of Creation ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Garden of Eden
B Alex Garland B Eve B Artificial Intelligence B Ex Machina |
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| Summary: | Bringing the biblical story of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3) into conversation with Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina, this paper examines and compares the male-scribed nature of paradise stories that describe the "building" of woman-creatures. From ancient Judean scribes to modern film-makers and computer coders, male-guarded forms of literacy enabled and continue to enable storytelling and world-building. A comparison of the accounts of the creation of Eve of the Garden with Ava of Ex Machina highlights that male control over literacy more generally and creation accounts more specifically yields diminished woman-creatures designed to serve the specific needs of men in male-imagined paradise settings. Although separated by millennia, ancient Judean scribes and modern computer programmers have imagined and built woman-creatures with a limited set of functions and programmed routines that include providing help, serving as a companion, and heterosexual receptivity. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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