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Zusatztext "By examining the films' creation and commodification of the female hero, the book 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." www.aliensconnection.com Informationen zum Autor C. Jason Smith is Assistant Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College-CUNY. Klappentext 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. Vorwort Across three decades and four films, Lt. Ellen Ripley's struggle wtih the fierce and terrible Alien and the powers that desire it traces the arc of women's struggles in America. Zusammenfassung Examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). This book focuses on how the writers and directors have re-written Ripley and how each revision informs our understanding of women in science fiction. 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 ...
