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Women's Movement and Science Fiction Films
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Women's Movement and Science Fiction Films
A look at the impact of feminism on society and the expansion of the women's roles in "Star Wars" by George Lucas, "Starman" by John Carpenter and "Alien" by Ridley Scott.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages) |
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1994
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"IntroductionScience fiction is not a matter of creating a future out of whole cloth. Rather, it is a method of projecting current interests and trends into the future to see what they would mean in a changed environment. Most science fiction thus speaks directly to the time in which it is written by using the device of the future or of some technological change as a means of exploring issues of interest in the here and now, which may also be interests that are considered universal and timeless. It is also possible to analyze science fiction, as any other genre, in terms of a specific issue to see how its creators may have addressed these issues and how they may reflect the time in which they live, however inadvertently. It is not clear that most writers of science fiction have an understanding of and ideas..."
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Women's Movement and Science Fiction Films (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Women's-Movement-and-Science-Fiction-Films/21352
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"Women's Movement and Science Fiction Films" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Women's-Movement-and-Science-Fiction-Films/21352>
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