Framing women: (re)imagined embodiment and affective engagement in contemporary speculative screen fiction
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Ethics Approval Number: S211563
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Hi!
I'm Amanda
I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of the Sunshine Coast and a huge speculative fiction fan.
My current project explores creative activism and community engagement around women-centred sci-fi TV shows, focused on Killjoy's, The Handmaid's Tale and Jessica Jones.
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Thanks to everyone who completed a suvey or interview for the project! I am currently completeing my writing and will keep you all up to date on publications
Project Title
Framing women: (re)imagined embodiment and affective engagement in contemporary speculative screen fiction
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Ethics Approval Number: S211563
Project Description
The purpose of this research project is to investigate the influence of gender politics and relations on TV production outcomes and the impacts of fan engagement as two distinct yet connected spaces of imagined womanhood.
As a genre largely understood as being by and for men, exploring how women create and respond to science fiction texts that focus on women’s stories help us understand how and where women are given opportunities for creative engagement, and how they respond in ways that challenge dominant power structures.
If you identify as a woman, are 18+ and are a member of a fan community of Killjoys, The Handmaid's Tale or Jessica Jones you are invited to participate in this research project.
Please note: this project advances a feminist account of ‘woman’ that respects trans, non-binary and genderqueer identities to provide an inclusive challenge to the systemic oppression of womanhood.
‘fantasy isn’t wishful thinking, but a way of reflecting, and reflecting on reality. After all, even in a democracy, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, after forty years of feminist striving, the reality is that we live in a top-down power structure that was shaped by, and is still dominated, by men’
Ursula Le Guin 2018