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Abstract
The Jurassic Park film franchise offers a complex portrayal of gender issues within a long-running science fiction action series, although not one without problematic moments. This chapter examines selected examples from the series to explore this complex picture. These include moments in the series that display female characters such as Ellie Sattler, Sarah Harding and Claire Dearing with power and agency and the top of their respective professions, noting that Jurassic Park is unusual among science fiction films for its presentation of such accomplished female characters. The chapter also addresses the sexualisation of the character Ian Malcolm and the role of the more typical 'action star' from later films, Owen Grady. Finally, it considers the question of sex-selection for the non-human characters, namely the dinosaurs, as significant plot points advance upon the premise that the entire dinosaur population in the series consists of non-breeding females, a fact that is later shown to be untrue. The chapter addresses each of these examples through key issues relating to the production, presentation, and violation of the human and non-human living body across the full Jurassic Park series.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Gender and action films 1980-2000 |
Subtitle of host publication | Beauty in motion |
Editors | Steven Gerrard, Renee Middlemost |
Place of Publication | Bingley, United Kingdom |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Chapter | 9 |
Pages | 123-136 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781801175067 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781801175074 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Nov 2022 |
Publication series
Name | Emerald Studies in Popular Culture and Gender |
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Publisher | Emerald Publishing |
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