Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Simulated Women and the Pygmalion Myth 9
7. 2 Mechanical Galateas: Female Automatons and Dolls 31
8. 3 Mannequins, Masks, Monsters, and Dolls: Film and the Arts in the 1920s and 1930s 55
9. 4 Simulated Women in Television and Films, 1940s and After 90
10. 5 Engineering the Perfect Woman 137
11. 6 Dancing with Robots and Women in Robotics Design 152
12. 7 The Woman Artist as Pygmalion 166
13. Notes 187
14. Index 207