Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television: 400 Characters, 1950s to the Present, Romanko Karen a.

Автор: Stallings Courtenay
Название: Laura`s Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks
ISBN: 1949024083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781949024081
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Описание: In 1990, the ground-breaking television series Twin Peaks, co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, opened with a murder mystery when a beautiful homecoming queen, wrapped in plastic, washed up on a cold and rocky beach. Laura Palmers character began as a plot device that triggered a small town to face its fractured self. But after three seasons and a film, Laura Palmer is no longer just a plot device. Instead of solely focusing on the murderer, like most traditional storytelling at the time, the audience gets to know the victim, a complex young woman who explores her sexuality and endures incredible abuse. This is an examination of Laura Palmers legacy on the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks. Palmers character was one of the few frank and horrific representations of sexual abuse victims which did not diminish the strength and complexity of the victim. Sheryl Lee, who played Laura Palmer, discusses the challenges of the role and how it has impacted herself as well as women she has met over the years, many of whom are survivors of sexual abuse. The role demanded that Lee give all her vulnerability as an actor to this role. This role is one she cannot escape, one with which she will forever be identified. It was a role that still haunts her today. For many women, this character represents them. Here was a woman who was not just a victim, but who was owning her sexuality as well -- a woman coming into her own and discovering her sources of power. This book is a reckoning in which women from the show and community speak about grief, mischief, humour, sexuality, strength, weakness, wickedness, and survival.

Автор: Frankel Valerie Estelle
Название: Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance
ISBN: 0786494166 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786494163
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Game of Thrones is one of the hottest series on television. However, hundreds of critics are divided on how "feminist" the show really is. Certainly, the female characters, strong and weak, embody a spectrum of archetypes - widow queens, warrior women, damsels in distress, career women, priestesses, crones, mothers, and maidens. However, the problematic area is that most play a single role without nuance - even the "strong women" have little to do besides strut about as one-note characters. This book analyses the women and their portrayals one by one, along with their historical inspirations.Accompanying issues in television studies also appear, from the male gaze to depiction of race. How these characters are treated in the series and how they treat themselves becomes central, as many strip for the pleasure of men or are sacrificed as pawns. Some nude scenes or moments of male violence are fetishised and filmed to tantalise, while others show the women's trauma and attempt to identify with the scene's female perspective. The key is whether the characters break out of their traditional roles and become multifaceted.

Автор: Jutta Wimmler
Название: Religious Science Fiction in Battlestar Galactica and Caprica: Women as Mediators of the Sacred and Profane
ISBN: 1476662533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476662534
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Описание: Why did it seem strange when Battlestar Galactica ended its narrative on a religious note instead of providing a scientific explanation? And what does this have to do with gender? This book explores the connection between the triumph of religion and the dominance of femininity in Battlestar Galactica and its prequel series Caprica.

Автор: Micali, Simona
Название: Towards a posthuman imagination in literature and media
ISBN: 1788745825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788745826
Издательство: Peter Lang
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Описание:

What if the human species were to get in touch with another intelligent species, thus far unknown?

This question is the impetus for a vast, exciting catalogue of science fiction and fantasy stories. They serve as hypothetical answers in narrative form but can also be regarded as cognitive exercises by which we investigate the nature and destiny of humanity. In other words, any creature and any story produced in response to this question requires an assessment of our notion of the human and a redefinition of our position and role in the world.

This volume aims at mapping and analysing the very rich catalogue of non-human figures which inhabit our contemporary imagery, with particular regard to science fiction literature and film. It is suggested that monsters, clones, zombies, aliens, artificial beings, cyborgs and mutants can function as ideological tools intended to confirm the role of humankind (and Western civilization) as the only possible standard of intelligent and ethical life. But they can also become cognitive instruments devised to question or criticize our vision of and behaviour toward the world, other species and ourselves. This privileged critical perspective – and the point of arrival of the book – is the category of the posthuman, which is regarded as the symbol of a possibly revolutionary vision of humanity, a wish and an invitation to embrace a new, more humble way of being and living.

Автор: Rabitsch Stefan
Название: Star Trek and the British Age of Sail
ISBN: 1476664633 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476664637
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Описание: The future of Star Trek is modelled on the world of the British Golden Age of Sail as it is commonly found in the genre of sea fiction. Star Trek and the British Age of Sail re-historicizes and remaps the origins of Star Trek and subsequently the entirety of its fictional world - the Star Trek continuum - on an as yet uncharted transatlantic bearing.

Автор: Craig Owen Jones, Paul Booth
Название: Watching Doctor Who: Fan Reception and Evaluation
ISBN: 1350185639 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350185630
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Through a richly detailed account of fan cultures and media over the over fifty-year history of the show, Watching Doctor Who explores fandom’s changing attitudes towards this much-loved TV series. Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans’ values of Doctor Who change over time? As a show that's featured as part of the shared landscape of home entertainment since the 1960s, Doctor Who helps us understand the changing nature of notions of ‘value’ and ‘quality’ in popular television. Through a series of in-depth case studies of fan polls and debates, Paul Booth and Craig Owen Jones interrogate the way Doctor Who fans and audiences re-interpret the value of particular episodes, Doctors, companions, and eras of Who. With a foreword by Paul Cornell.

Автор: James F. Iaccino, Cory Barker, Myc Wiatrowski
Название: Arrow and Superhero Television: Essays on Themes and Characters of the Series
ISBN: 0786497874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786497874
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Описание: This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network`s hit television series Arrow - based on DC Comic`s Green Arrow - and its spin-offs. The contributors explore the reasons behind Arrow`s success, the series` representation of bodies, its portrayal of women, its shifting political ideologies, and audience reception and influence on storylines.

Автор: Frankel Valerie Estelle
Название: Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1. Essays on Film Representations, 2012-2019
ISBN: 1476677662 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476677668
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Fourth wave feminism has entered the national conversation and established a highly visible presence in popular media. This first of two companion volumes addresses fourth wave feminism and cinema, exploring how, since 2012, films have showcased women of action.

Автор: Lillvis, Kristen
Название: Posthuman blackness and the black female imagination
ISBN: 0820356867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820356860
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Описание: Examines the future-oriented visions of black subjectivity in works by contemporary black women writers, filmmakers, and musicians, including Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, and Janelle Monae. In this innovative study, Kristen Lillvis supplements historically situated conceptions of blackness with imaginative projections of black futures.

Автор: Larrington Carolyne
Название: Winter is Coming
ISBN: 1784532568 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784532567
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 14770.00 T
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Описание: Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by PhD students asking why Westeros has yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether astronomy explains the continent's climatic problems and unpredictable solstices ('winter is coming'); and by bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the series' startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet no book has divulged how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington explores among other topics: sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the twenty-first century's most important fantasy creation.

Автор: Marotta Melanie A.
Название: Women`s Space: Essays on Female Characters in the 21st Century Science Fiction Western
ISBN: 1476676607 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476676609
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Описание: From the Star Wars expanded universe to Westworld, the science fiction western has captivated audiences for over fifty years. This unique collection concentrates on the female characters in the contemporary science fiction western, addressing themes of power, agency, intersectionality and the body.

Автор: Still Julie M., Wilkinson Zara T.
Название: Buffy to Batgirl: Essays on Female Power, Evolving Femininity and Gender Roles in Science Fiction and Fantasy
ISBN: 1476664463 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476664460
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Описание: Offers a serious discussion of women and gender in science fiction and fantasy. Critically examining the depiction of women and gender in science fiction and fantasy on both page and screen, contributors focus on characters who are as varied as they are interesting, and who range from vampire slayers to time travellers, witches, and spacefarers.