Gender and parenting in the worlds of Alien and Blade Runner : a feminist analysis

Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner is a comparative, gendered analysis study of Ridley Scott's contributions to the genre of science fiction and horror cinema. Observing that while Ridley Scott's science fiction classics Blade Runner and Alien each feature future...

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Main Author DiGioia, Amanda (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesEmerald studies in popular culture and gender
Subjects
Sex role in motion pictures.
Alien films.
Blade runner (Motion picture)
Blade runner 2049 (Motion picture)
Parent and child in motion pictures.
Feminism and motion pictures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839829420
DOI10.1108/9781839829406
Physical Description1 online resource (144 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Gender, childbirth, and parenting in science fiction films and gender in horror films
  • Chapter 2. More human than human: Blade Runner 2049
  • Chapter 3. "We were so wrong": the perversion of male creation. Motherhood, fatherhood and birth in recent incarnations of the Alien series
  • Chapter 4. "You've never seen a miracle": birth and parenthood in Blade Runner 2049
  • Chapter 5. "I can't lie to you about your chances, but ... you have my sympathies"
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion.

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