Hmm ... Jodie Foster in Contact, Elisabeth Shue in The Saint, Juliet
Stevenson as Rosalind Franklin in the 1987 film Race for the Double
Helix, Louise Fletcher in Brainstorm.

Bob

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Darryl Wiggers wrote:

> Eve of Destruction is the most obvious that comes to mind
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> > From: Tracy Cox-Stanton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:17:37 -0400
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> > Subject: [SCREEN-L] women and science
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> > Hello,
> > I have a student who is working on a project about women scientists in
> > film.
> > She writes, "In general I want to look at the way in which female
> > scientists are portrayed in film. More specifically I would like to look
> > at cult films, especially Sci-Fi-ish films where the plot revolves
> > around laboratories(think mad scientists and creations run amuck...).
> > Possibly even widening my focus from female scientists to how women are
> > portrayed in such films in relation to science: are they the one's being
> > experimented on, are they the half-clothed laboratory aids, are they
> > ever the mad scientist?, etc."
> > She would be grateful for any suggestions for relevant films and/or
> > articles/books that might be useful.
> > Thanks very much,
> > Tracy Cox-Stanton
> > Kalamazoo College
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