Science Fiction and Bodies of the Future: Alternative Gender Realities in Hollywood Cinema

doi:10.6531/JFS.2015.20(2).A67

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Title:	Science Fiction and Bodies of the Future: Alternative Gender Realities in Hollywood Cinema
Authors:	Carrasco, Rocío;Ordaz, Mercedes García;López, Francisco José Martínez
Keywords:	Science Fiction Film;Gender;Body
Date:	2015-12
Issue Date:	2017-01-16 14:45:32 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	淡江大學未來學研究所
Abstract:	The science fiction genre has traditionally exemplified alternative forms of sexuality and/ or gender identities, providing with the ideal forum for any criticism on gender biased societies and behaviors. Taking into account that futures are always based on the present and the ways it is envisioned, we will focus on how gender identities are constructed in contemporary Hollywood cinema, an hegemonic discourse that dictates how femininity and masculinity should be (subjected on many occasions to mere marketing strategies). For this purpose, we will adopt a critical poststructuralist perspective on how images of the body are represented in popular science fiction films released in the last few decades. We further aim at illustrating how some science fiction films released at the end of the millennium and current century propose alternative gender realities, suggesting at the same time the idea that the oppressive patriarchal structure that govern most contemporary societies can be deconstructed and changed, or at least silenced, in these movies.
Relation:	Journal of Futures Studies 20(2), pp.67-80
DOI:	10.6531/JFS.2015.20(2).A67
Appears in Collections:	[Journal of Futures Studies] v.20 n.2

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