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. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 (b & w) illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; FL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394. . 2006. New. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley
Publisher: Continuum
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0826419100
ISBN 13: 9780826419101
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

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C. Jason Smith is Assistant Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College-CUNY.

A native of Chile, Ximena Gallardo-C. graduated with a Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University. She lives in New York.

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