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Westcott, Jennifer Elizabeth.

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Reassessing women in mainstream science fiction film and television, from "When Worlds Collide" to "Alien".

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Reassessing women in mainstream science fiction film and television, from "When Worlds Collide" to "Alien"./
Author:	Westcott, Jennifer Elizabeth.
Description:	111 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, page: 0092.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International42-01.
Subject:	History, Modern. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=MQ81134
ISBN:	0612811344

Reassessing women in mainstream science fiction film and television, from "When Worlds Collide" to "Alien".
Westcott, Jennifer Elizabeth.

Reassessing women in mainstream science fiction film and television, from "When Worlds Collide" to "Alien". - 111 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, page: 0092.

Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston (Canada), 2003.

This study seeks to expand the understanding of how political movements influence and are represented in popular culture by examining the relationship between second wave feminism and the changing status of women in mainstream Science Fiction film and television from 1951 to 1979. Its significance lies in the intersection of gender history with film and television studies and conventional interpretations of women in Science Fiction. Analysis reveals that previous castigations of Science Fiction film and television's portrayals of women are misleading because of their authors' failure to examine productions in their historical context. This study reveals that the second wave feminism movement both influenced and was represented in Science Fiction film and television in the 1960s and '70s. 1960s Science Fiction reflected the growing women's movement by assigning female characters new roles and responsibilities, yet curtailed their power by propounding many of the stereotypes found in 1950s Science Fiction. Female fans emerged as the dominant producers of fan fiction, often resisting the curtailment of their favourite female characters by appropriating them and producing texts that better suited their own ideals of SF womanhood. In the 1970s, producers of mainstream SF attempted to resolve feminists' charges of sexism in media portrayals of women by offering more radical female characters and alternative visions of men and society. When examined in its historical context, the genre was clearly influenced by and often propounded the ideals of the second wave feminist movement and consistently provided progressive and even radical roles for women.

ISBN: 0612811344Subjects--Topical Terms:

516334
History, Modern.

Reassessing women in mainstream science fiction film and television, from "When Worlds Collide" to "Alien".
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