Writing the mother, the mother writing: the space of motherhood and feminine écriture in Alien and The Matrix

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Main Author: Eva Paulino Bueno
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2010
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contents Writing the mother, the mother writing: the space of motherhood and feminine écriture in Alien and The Matrix Eva Paulino Bueno Lengua y Literatura film robots cyborgs Motherhood cyber space The series of films Alien (1979 ), Aliens (1986), Alien (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997), and the 1999 movie The Matrix illustrate the present state of technological advances in reproductive areas, and posit the anxiety such advances represents. In all these filmic texts, two main aspe cts are raised: the displacement of the female body as the site of motherhood, and the possibilit y that human reproduction might no longer need males and females to make it viable. In addition, the films suggest that technology is surely taking over many aspects of reproduction. 2010 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426643003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.32
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spellingShingle Writing the mother, the mother writing: the space of motherhood and feminine écriture in Alien and The Matrix
Eva Paulino Bueno
Lengua y Literatura
film
robots
cyborgs
Motherhood
cyber space
Writing the mother, the mother writing: the space of motherhood and feminine écriture in Alien and The Matrix Eva Paulino Bueno Lengua y Literatura film robots cyborgs Motherhood cyber space The series of films Alien (1979 ), Aliens (1986), Alien (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997), and the 1999 movie The Matrix illustrate the present state of technological advances in reproductive areas, and posit the anxiety such advances represents. In all these filmic texts, two main aspe cts are raised: the displacement of the female body as the site of motherhood, and the possibilit y that human reproduction might no longer need males and females to make it viable. In addition, the films suggest that technology is surely taking over many aspects of reproduction. 2010 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426643003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.32
title Writing the mother, the mother writing: the space of motherhood and feminine écriture in Alien and The Matrix
topic Lengua y Literatura
film
robots
cyborgs
Motherhood
cyber space
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