Science-fiction Studies, Volume 20SFS Publications., 1993 - Electronic journals |
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So the story that Mother tells must have as its protagonist a woman : Ripley , the " Final Girl . ” I take this phrase from Carol Clover , who , in her remarkable study , Men Women and Chain Saws , points to the frequency with which ...
So the story that Mother tells must have as its protagonist a woman : Ripley , the " Final Girl . ” I take this phrase from Carol Clover , who , in her remarkable study , Men Women and Chain Saws , points to the frequency with which ...
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She falls in a crucifixion pose , arms outstretched , but as she falls , the Queen Alien bursts from her chest , and her arms close around it , in a final black parody of the maternal gesture , holding it close and ensuring that it ...
She falls in a crucifixion pose , arms outstretched , but as she falls , the Queen Alien bursts from her chest , and her arms close around it , in a final black parody of the maternal gesture , holding it close and ensuring that it ...
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“ Kane " is the spelling given in the final credits , but the resonance is clearly “ Cain . ” As Cain , Kane brings death into the world of the Nostromo . In Genesis , there is also the problem of Cain's wife : how does Cain , expelled ...
“ Kane " is the spelling given in the final credits , but the resonance is clearly “ Cain . ” As Cain , Kane brings death into the world of the Nostromo . In Genesis , there is also the problem of Cain's wife : how does Cain , expelled ...
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