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Beschreibung
Alien Woman examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). The Alien saga stands alone in presenting an enduring, self-reliant female protagonist, Ripley, who in the first film ends up as the sole survivor of the beleaguered starship Nostromo. Subsequent writers and directors in the 1980s and 1990s, left to grapple with this strong female protagonist, reenvision Ripley for different social, political, and cultural imperatives for women. Alien Woman focuses on how these writers and directors have re-written Ripley and how each revision informs our understanding of women in science fiction. And by examining the films' creation and commodification of the female hero, the books illustrates how changing attitudes toward women and the female body help us understand broader societal beliefs and relationships, and provides a useful lens with which to understand woman's place in the late 20th century and early 21st century.
Alien Woman examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). The Alien saga stands alone in presenting an enduring, self-reliant female protagonist, Ripley, who in the first film ends up as the sole survivor of the beleaguered starship Nostromo. Subsequent writers and directors in the 1980s and 1990s, left to grapple with this strong female protagonist, reenvision Ripley for different social, political, and cultural imperatives for women. Alien Woman focuses on how these writers and directors have re-written Ripley and how each revision informs our understanding of women in science fiction. And by examining the films' creation and commodification of the female hero, the books illustrates how changing attitudes toward women and the female body help us understand broader societal beliefs and relationships, and provides a useful lens with which to understand woman's place in the late 20th century and early 21st century.
Über den Autor
C. Jason Smith and Ximena Gallardo
Zusammenfassung
Cheap paperback edition
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Can't Live with Them, Can't Kill Them

Chapter 1: Men, Women, and Alien Baby

Chapter 2: Ripley Gets her Gun: Aliens and teh Reagan Era Hero

Chapter 3: "The Bitch Is Back": The Iconoclastic Body in Alien

Chapter 4: "Who Are You?": Alien Resurrection and the Posthuman Subject

Afterword: Alien Woman

Selected Bibliography

Notes

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780826419101
ISBN-10: 0826419100
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Smith, Jason
Gallardo-C., Ximena
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Jason Smith (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2006
Gewicht: 0,374 kg
Artikel-ID: 121098116

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