Survivor, Warrior, Mother, Savior: The Evolution of the Female Hero In Apocalyptic Science Fiction Film of the Late Cold War

The late Cold War saw the advent of a new paradigm of woman as hero in apocalyptic English-language science fiction film at its intersection with the horror and action sub-genres. In contrast to the helpless, villainous, and overly sexualized female characters before them, the Alien films' Elle...

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主要作者: Faithful, George 1979- (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Equinox [2016]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2016, 卷: 19, 發布: 3, Pages: 347-370
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Terminator / Alien (Serienfilm) / 聖經啟示文學 / 女英雄
Further subjects:B Apocalypticism
B 電影
B Science fiction films
B Secularization
B Gender
B Implicit Religion
B Sarah Connor
B CONNOR, Sarah (Fictitious character : Cameron & Hurd)
B Cold War, 1945-1991
B Science Fiction
B Salvation
B Cold War
B Ellen Ripley
B Feminism
B Ridley Scott
B Women heroes
B RIPLEY (Fictitious character)
B James Cameron
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總結:The late Cold War saw the advent of a new paradigm of woman as hero in apocalyptic English-language science fiction film at its intersection with the horror and action sub-genres. In contrast to the helpless, villainous, and overly sexualized female characters before them, the Alien films' Ellen Ripley and the Terminator franchise's Sarah Connor represented practical, courageous women who saved humanity through their actions. These ostensibly secular narratives were rich with religious themes such as incarnation, kenosis, resurrection, faith seeking understanding, messianic expectation, virgin birth, free will, fate, evil, prophetic forewarning, and salvation. They were foundational in establishing, in effect, a humanistic mythos.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contains:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.v19i3.29626