Document Type
Article
Abstract
[Editors' Introduction]
Traditionally considered a monster in outer space series, the four films comprising the Alien saga: Alien, Aliens, Alien3, and Alien Resurrection, contain a vision of the Alien creature as an agent of human evolution that, taken to its logical extreme in Alien Resurrection, produce an uncommon posthuman subject: the Alien/Woman protagonist named Ripley. In the following article, Ximena Gallardo C. explores the introduction of the series' conception of human evolution through fusion with the Alien as a driving theme in Alien. It then briefly follows through Aliens and Alien3, to focus on how Alien Resurrection creates an intricate posthuman narrative that interrogates our desires, fears, and, most importantly, our definitions and representations of who or what constitutes the posthuman.
Repository Citation
Gallardo C., Ximena. "'Who Are You?': Alien/Woman as Posthuman Subject in Alien Resurrection." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 4, no. 3, 2004, pp. 1–17. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol4/iss3/9