Carlen Lavigne: 3 books
Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and Science Fiction
A Critical Study
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
This analysis of cyberpunk science fiction written between 1981 and 2003 positions women’s cyberpunk in the larger cultural discussion of feminist issues. It traces the origins of the genre, reviews the critical reactions and outlines the ways in which women’s cyberpunk advances points of view...
Post-Apocalyptic Patriarchy
American Television and Gendered Visions of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
Twenty-first century American television series such as Revolution, Falling Skies, The Last Ship and The Walking Dead have depicted a variety of doomsday scenarios—nuclear cataclysm, rogue artificial intelligence, pandemic, alien invasion or zombie uprising. These scenarios speak to longstanding...
by Carlen LaVigne
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
“Lynn Joyrich has outlined in some detail her theories regarding how television melodrama, gender and affect in soap opera coax a “feminine” viewpoint. At the same time, Tania Modleski has criticized soap operas for directing female anger at female power. The science fiction series Farscape...