The Bionic Woman and Feminist Ethics

<p> The ABC TV series <I>The Bionic Woman</I> created by Kenneth Johnson was a 1970s pop culture phenomenon. Starring Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers the groundbreaking series follows Jaime's evolution from a young woman vulnerable to an exploitative social order to a fierce individualist defying a government that sees her as property. Beneath the action-packed surface of Jaime's battles with Fembots themes such as the chosen family technophobia class passing the cyborg artificial beings and a growing racial consciousness receive a sophisticated treatment.</p><p> This book links the series to precedents such as classical mythology first-wave feminist literature and the Hollywood woman's film to place <I>The Bionic Woman</I> in a tradition of feminist ethics deeply concerned with female autonomy community and the rights of nonhuman animals. Seen through the lens of feminist philosophy and gender studies Jaime's constantly changing disguises attempts to pass as human and struggles to accept her new bionic abilities offer provocative engagement with issues of identity. Jaime Sommers is a feminist icon who continues to speak to women and queer audiences and her struggles and triumphs resonate with a worldwide fanbase that still remains enthralled and represented by <I>The Bionic Woman</I>.</p>