Transgresja i dyskryminacja. Sztuczne kobiety w kinie fantastycznonaukowym
Transgression and Discrimination: Artificial Women in Science-Fiction Cinema

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the problem of sexualization of female characters in science-fiction films. The author refers to genre theory, feminist and psychoanalytic film theory, as well as research results in social psychology and neuroscience, trying to elucidate the possible causes and consequences of an overtly discriminating way of depicting women and femininity that is very common in Western culture. With this aim in mind, she characterises selected individual films (e.g. "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang, "Blade Runner" by Ridley Scott and "Under the Skin" by Jonathan Glazer), as well as proposing an analysis of recurring cultural narratives and specific motifs symptomatic of cinema. The author also refers to some works of science-fiction literature, indicating a big reproductive potential lying in the perspective presented, in which two apparently different phenomena – transgression and discrimination – converge.

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