Exploring Gibson’s Neuromancer as a Feminist Cyborg Manifesto

Abstract

This paper deals with the concept of feminist cyborg
identity portrayed by William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer (1984) in the light of Donna Haraway’s A Cyborg
Manifesto (1985). Molly Million, the heroine of Neuromancer, deviates from traditional feminine traits. In most
literary works, the main character will be always a male,
while women characters was given the least importance
and portrayed as vulnerable and feeble. In Neuromancer,
Molly plays the antithesis of the stereotypical feminine
qualities.