Sidelining Women in Contemporary Science-Fiction Film

The present article examines the role and space given to women in contemporary science fiction films since the 1980s. While the character of Ripley in the Alien franchise has been widely quoted and analyzed, I wish to argue that Ripley is an exception obscuring the general sidelining of women in a g...

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Main Author: Marianne Kac-Vergne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 2016-03-01
Series:Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/8642