To start, and off the top of my head, look at the collections: "Alien Zone" and "Alien Zone II" which contain a good deal of feminist SF criticism and discussions of "Alien" in particular, plus some bibliography. JK On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Frank, Michael wrote: > i [seem to] recall that in the late eighties and nineties there was > a great deal of feminist critique of ridley scott's alien > [1979] . . . nevertheless a thorough recent bibliographical search > has somehow managed to turn up very little . . . i would therefore > be grateful for any references to critical work - essays or book > chapters - that considers this film from a feminist vantage point > > > > many thanks > > > > mike > > > > ---- > Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex > podcast: > http://www.screenlex.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]