AddALL.com - Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley 0826415709 9780826415707

Don't forget to bookmark this web site !!

Used & Out of Print Books | Contact us | Home

Browse and Compare Price at 40+ Sites and 20,000+ Stores!!

Find more info., search and price compare for
Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley
by C Jason Smith ; Ximena Gallardo C
Binding: Paperback, 241 pages
Publisher: Continuum
Weight: 0.93 pound
Dimension: H: 0.63 x L: 8.82 x W: 5.98 inches
ISBN 10: 0826415709
ISBN 13: 9780826415707
Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com!

If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too!

Book Description:
Alien Woman examines the construction of sex and gender in the four Alien science fiction films. The Alien saga stands alone in presenting an enduring, self reliant female protaginist, Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, who in the first film end 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, re envision Ripley to fit differing 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. By examining the creation and commodification of Ripley as female hero, the book provides a useful lens through which to view woman's place in the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries.

Shipping Destination:
State: (US only)
Display in:
Search by:


Searching for Out of Print Books? [Click Here]

[ For web hosting, AddALL recommend Liquidweb]