Fourth Wave Feminism In Science Fiction And Fantasy

Author : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476677668

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Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Valerie Estelle Frankel Pdf

 Fourth wave feminism has entered the national conversation and established a highly visible presence in popular media, especially in cutting-edge science fiction and fantasy films and television series. Wonder Woman, the Wasp, and Captain Marvel headline superhero films while Black Panther celebrates nonwestern power. Disney princesses value sisterhood over conventional marriage. This first of two companion volumes addresses cinema, exploring how, since 2012, such films as the Hunger Games trilogy, Mad Max: Fury Road, and recent Star Wars installments have showcased women of action. The true innovation is a product of the Internet age. Though the web has accelerated fan engagement to the point that progressivism and backlash happen simultaneously, new films increasingly emphasize diversity over toxic masculinity. They defy net trolls to provide stunning role models for viewers across the spectrum of age, gender, and nationality.

Author : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476638669

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Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Valerie Estelle Frankel Pdf

Television is entering a unique era, in which women and minorities no longer serve under white captains but take the lead--and all the other roles as well. In a brilliant new universe where the intersectional values of fourth wave feminism are becoming more widespread, fantasy and science fiction are leading the charge. Shows from Star Wars to Doctor Who are rewriting their traditional storylines to include more well-rounded and racially diverse female characters. Steven Universe, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Orphan Black and Sense8 highlight queer characters and experiences. Dystopias like Marvel's Jessica Jones and The Handmaid's Tale show the female perspective entirely, guiding viewers from trauma to self-determination. In fantasy and horror, Wynonna Earp, Game of Thrones, Supergirl, Vikings, American Horror Story, Black Mirror, and The Walking Dead reveal how much the story changes with a spectrum of women reclaiming the text from white, straight, young, cisgender men. These new shows are intersectional, digital, global, critical, and political, with fan responses changing the content and cutting-edge platforms like Netflix and Hulu shaking up the format.

Author : Jane Draycott
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110724257

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Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games by Jane Draycott Pdf

This volume focuses on the depiction of women in video games set in historical periods or archaeological contexts, explores the tension between historical and archaeological accuracy and authenticity, examines portrayals of women in historical periods or archaeological contexts, portrayals of female historians and archaeologists, and portrayals of women in fantastical historical and archaeological contexts. It includes both triple A and independent video games, incorporating genres such as turn-based strategy, action-adventure, survival horror, and a variety of different types of role-playing games. Its chronological and geographical scope ranges from late third century BCE China, to mid first century BCE Egypt, to Pictish and Viking Europe, to Medieval Germany, to twentieth century Taiwan, and into the contemporary world, but it also ventures beyond our universe and into the fantasy realm of Hyrule and the science fiction solar system of the Nebula.

Author : Sarah Lefanu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041014734

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Feminism and Science Fiction by Sarah Lefanu Pdf

Author : Christina Adamou,Sotiris Petridis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476648330

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Television by Stream by Christina Adamou,Sotiris Petridis Pdf

Online television streaming has radically changed the ways in which programs are produced, disseminated and watched. While the market is largely globalized with some platforms streaming in multiple countries, audiences are fragmented, due to a large number of choices and often solitary viewing. However, streaming gives new life to old series and innovates conventions in genre, narrative and characterization. This edited collection is dedicated to the study of the streaming platforms and the future of television. It includes a plethora of carefully organized and similarly structured chapters in order to provide in-depth yet easily accessible readings of major changes in television. Enriching a growing body of literature on the future of television, essays thoroughly assess the effects new television media have on institutions, audiences and content.

Author : Marianne Kac-Vergne,Julie Assouly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350120181

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From the Margins to the Mainstream by Marianne Kac-Vergne,Julie Assouly Pdf

This book explores the various issues raised by women's fraught integration into the mainstream in film and television, whether it be off screen as filmmakers and film critics or on screen in film and TV series. Marianne Kac-Vergne and Julie Assouly consider the varied representations of women in films such as Jackie Brown (1997), Marie Antoinette (2006), It's a Free World... (2007) and Wonder Woman (2017). They particularly look into the overlooked gendered aspects of voice-overs and the adverse tropes used to represent maternity in television series as well as the complex motif of the vagina dentata in contemporary film and television. The chapters analyze independent, art-house, Hollywood and TV productions often in transnational contexts, shedding light on how definitions of femininity are culturally specific yet cross national, class and racial lines. The contributors include renowned scholars such as Yvonne Tasker, Celestino Deleyto, David Roche and Nicole Cloarec, as well as emerging yet well-published film scholars.

Author : Josie Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 1939056004

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Daughters of Icarus by Josie Brown Pdf

Speculative fiction takes us to the moon and beyond, but where would women go if they had the wheel? These 28 authors have an idea, and the destinations are spectacular. From post-apocalyptic Earth to alien landscapes, these short stories explore imaginary worlds through the lens of feminism, revealing what could be for better and for worse. These provocative ideas give us a new way to look at our society...and at women.

Author : Natalie Le Clue,Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781801175647

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Gender and Female Villains in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives by Natalie Le Clue,Janelle Vermaak-Griessel Pdf

For every hero, there is a villain, and for every villain there is a story. But how much do we really know about the villain? Filling a gap in the field of gender representation and character evolution, the chapters in this edited collection focus on female villains in the fairy tale narratives of 21st Century media.

Author : Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819569684

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On Joanna Russ by Farah Mendlesohn Pdf

Joanna Russ, a feminist writer best known for The Female Man (1975), has produced a fierce, intense body of fiction and essays whose influence has been wide-ranging and complex. Her many publications include How to Suppress Women’s Writing (1983), and she has won both of science fiction's most prestigious awards, the Nebula and the Hugo. The essays in this volume examine every aspect of Russ’s body of work and provide a critical assessment that is long overdue. The first part of the book, “Criticism and Community,” gives readers a context for and overview of Russ’s works, and includes discussions of Russ’s role in the creation of a feminist science fiction tradition. The second part, “Fiction,” offers detailed analyses of some of Russ’s writing. Contributors include: Andrew M. Butler, Brian Charles Clark, Samuel R. Delany, Edward James , Sandra Lindow, Keridwen Luis, Paul March-Russell, Helen Merrick, Dianne Newell, Graham Sleight, Jenéa Tallentire, Jason Vest, Sherryl Vint, Pat Wheeler, Tess Williams, Gary K. Wolfe, and Lisa Yaszek.

Author : Helen Merrick,Tess Williams
Publisher : UWA Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Feminism and literature
ISBN : UOM:39015047857340

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Women of Other Worlds by Helen Merrick,Tess Williams Pdf

Feminist science fiction is a rich space at the intersection of popular literature and feminist thought. This book examines this phenomenon, collecting work from all aspects of feminist SF - fiction poetry, criticism, fan-writing, even a recipe. It presents an international sampler of a vibrant form of women's writing.

Author : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476693316

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Adapting Bridgerton by Valerie Estelle Frankel Pdf

The beloved television show Bridgerton breaks racial barriers as it explores an alternate history in which biracial Queen Charlotte elevated people of color to dukes and earls, welcoming new perspectives in Regency London. Essays in this work examine in detail the hit Netflix series. Topics covered include Bridgerton's unique, racially conscious casting and its effect on common tropes and roles; the overt sexuality in the context of prim Jane Austen films and historical shows like Downton Abbey, Outlander, and recent nineteenth-century adaptations; dueling; art; manners; dress; social conventions; feminism; privilege; power; dreamcasting; colorism; and yes, the sex scenes.

Author : Marleen S. Barr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Cinema
ISBN : OCLC:14586155

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Alien to Femininity by Marleen S. Barr Pdf

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Author : Brian Attebery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317971474

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Decoding Gender in Science Fiction by Brian Attebery Pdf

From Frankenstein to futuristic feminist utopias, Decoding Gender in Science Fiction examines the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored, and revised conventional notions of sexual difference. Attebery traces a fascinating history of men's and women's writing that covertly or overtly investigates conceptions of gender, suggesting new perspectives on the genre.

Author : Constance Penley
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780816619122

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Close Encounters by Constance Penley Pdf

A collection of essays addresses the ways in which sexual roles are depicted in science fiction films and includes the complete text of Peter Wollen's film script for "Friendship's Death"

Author : Debbie Notkin,The Secret Feminist Cabal
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 9780557001965

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Flying Cups & Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction & Fantasy by Debbie Notkin,The Secret Feminist Cabal Pdf

Ever wonder what happened to the rest of the tea party when the saucers went off into space? Here's your chance to find out! What would it be like to go to a club where you could buy an injection of sexiness? To grow up in a world where you didn't know what gender you would be until puberty -- and the discovery could be painful? To find yourself and your secret pitted against the entire United States government? The James Tiptree, Jr. Award has been recognizing science fiction and fantasy novels and stories that explore and expand gender since 1992. Although the award itself is given to one or two works of fiction a year, each jury also produces an "honor list" of notable works that were considered for the award. This anthology contains almost all of the short fiction that either won or was honored in the first five years of the award.