Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eves

Julie Wosk, ALLURING ANDROIDS, ROBOT WOMEN, AND ELECTRONIC EVES, 2008. Cover photograph: Julie Wosk, MARLENE (1995), Copyright Julie Wosk.

Julie Wosk’s exciting new book ALLURING ANDROIDS, ROBOT WOMEN, AND ELECTRONIC EVES is the first book of its kind and introduces the world of female robots and androids in film, photography, art, and the work of today's robot-makers and video game designers.


Dr. Wosk's lecture on her book was recently featured on New York television's Channel Thirteen Forum.

ALLURING ANDROIDS,ROBOT WOMEN, AND ELECTRONIC EVES (Fort Schuyler Press)is filled with illustrations--many in color--of facsimile females ranging from early mechanical automatons to Lara Croft and the Stepford Wives to today's female robots that look so real they can easily fool the eye.


The author connects these compelling creatures to cultural views of science,technology, and women themselves.


FORT SCHUYLER PRESS, 2008
$14.99


Julie Wosk is Professor of art history, English, and studio painting at the State University of New York, Maritime College is also currently writing another . book on women androids and robots for next year. and is also the author of WOMEN AND THE MACHINE: REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE SPINNING WHEEL TO THE ELECTRONIC AGE (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, paper 2003) and BREAKING FRAME: TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Rutgers University Press, 1992), reprint forthcoming 2009.


She is also the curator of the traveling exhibit of digital images, "Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eve" which was first presented at the New York Hall of Science. This exhibit, which inspired her new book, is available on loan to museums and gallery spaces.

For more information on Fort Schuyler Press or to order the book by mail, write to

FSP@​sunymaritime.edu