Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ386906
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Evolution of "The New Frontier" in "Alien" and "Aliens": Patriarchal Co-optation of the Feminine Archetype.
Rushing, Janice Hocker
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v75 n1 p1-24 Feb 1989
Discusses feminine symbolism in the American frontier myth as an evolving cultural/rhetorical manifestation of a developing archetypal process. Analyzes the films "Alien" and "Aliens," in which the lost feminine is encountered, found to be vengeful of exploitation of her domain, and then killed by a patriarchalized heroine. (SR)
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Females, Feminism, Film Criticism, Films, Higher Education, Mythology, Popular Culture, Space Exploration, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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