Marilyn Monroe
historical · 1 mention across 1 reading
In this course
Monroe appears as a passing reference in the course materials, likely invoked as a historical case study of how image, desire, and technological reproduction intersect in the construction of celebrity and the female body under surveillance. Her iconic status as a mid-century sex symbol and mass-produced image makes her relevant to discussions of how algorithmic systems, media platforms, and computational culture continue to manufacture and exploit idealized personas—a genealogy linking 1950s studio publicity machinery to contemporary deepfakes and algorithmic recommendation systems that shape desire at scale.
Background
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.
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