The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley
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Köp båda 2 för 604 kr"'...[a] look between the lines and behind the scenes to dissect Ripley and her place in movie history.' Minnesota Daily 'Doing a trans-textual analysis of the films, the authors place the films firmly within the cultural landscape that produced them....Gallardo and Smith do a good job analyzing the films, especially the alter ones, and setting them squarely and intelligently within their historical context.' Post Script '...a serious contribution to academia, for it is well-researched and conscientiously documented, but its strength is that it is highly accessible to the average fan...written with clarity, with a diverse audience in mind' The Review of Horror Fiction"
C. Jason Smith is Assistant Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College-CUNY. Ximena Gallardo-C. is a native of Chile, she graduated with a Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University. She lives in New York.
Introduction: Can't Live with Them, Can't Kill Them; Chapter 1: Men, Women, and Alien Baby; Chapter 2: Ripley Gets her Gun: Aliens and the Reagan Era Hero. Chapter 3: "The Bitch Is Back": The Iconoclastic Body in Alien; Chapter 4: "Who Are You?" Alien Resurrection and the Posthuman Subject; Afterword: Alien Woman; Selected Bibliography; Notes; Index.