Women's on screen representation has evolved over time, influenced by factors like politics, social context, country of release, and producers. Today, more female characters in the Hollywood industry are well represented. Still, for the science fiction genre, the path for women being represented as leading women was much harder than it was for the male protagonists. Male characters always had the story set around them, and female characters were in the background, even when they were strong characters such as Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977) or Nyuta Uhura in the Star Trek series (1966 1969). The Alien franchise is a cinematic breakthrough for female representation, notably in science fiction. It features a strong fe...
Using multiple theories of film, trauma, and feminism, including works by Linton Davies, Michael Bro...
Female characters who are masculinized become the raising phenomenon in this decade. Women represent...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) received much acclaim for finally portraying strong women in the...
This study employed a detailed examination of and comparison between and among each of the four film...
The main objective of this essay is to demonstrate the regressive construction of female characters ...
The battle between Ripley and the alien mother symbolizes how women of the 1980s were grappling with...
The present article examines the role and space given to women in contemporary science fiction films...
Science fiction is often considered a genre written by men for men. In this thesis I will investigat...
Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner is a comparative, gendered analysis stu...
In this dissertation I explore a number of contemporary science fiction franchises in order to ascer...
Alien 3 (1992) explores what it means to be a woman in horror as defined solely by motherhood and wo...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, female characters that are different from the sexualised and pas...
Prometheus, the fifth film of the Alien franchise, maintains narrative connections to the original f...
How female masculinity roles have changed over time. I go in depth about iconic female characters in...
Popular Culture plays an important role in society including helping to shape our perceptions of gro...
Using multiple theories of film, trauma, and feminism, including works by Linton Davies, Michael Bro...
Female characters who are masculinized become the raising phenomenon in this decade. Women represent...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) received much acclaim for finally portraying strong women in the...
This study employed a detailed examination of and comparison between and among each of the four film...
The main objective of this essay is to demonstrate the regressive construction of female characters ...
The battle between Ripley and the alien mother symbolizes how women of the 1980s were grappling with...
The present article examines the role and space given to women in contemporary science fiction films...
Science fiction is often considered a genre written by men for men. In this thesis I will investigat...
Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner is a comparative, gendered analysis stu...
In this dissertation I explore a number of contemporary science fiction franchises in order to ascer...
Alien 3 (1992) explores what it means to be a woman in horror as defined solely by motherhood and wo...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, female characters that are different from the sexualised and pas...
Prometheus, the fifth film of the Alien franchise, maintains narrative connections to the original f...
How female masculinity roles have changed over time. I go in depth about iconic female characters in...
Popular Culture plays an important role in society including helping to shape our perceptions of gro...
Using multiple theories of film, trauma, and feminism, including works by Linton Davies, Michael Bro...
Female characters who are masculinized become the raising phenomenon in this decade. Women represent...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) received much acclaim for finally portraying strong women in the...