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Gendering Science Fiction Films This page intentionally left blank Gendering Science Fiction Films Invaders from the Suburbs Susan A. George GENDERING SCIENCE FICTION FILMS Copyright © Susan A. George, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-32157-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-45810-3 ISBN 978-1-137-32158-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137321589 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data George, Susan A., 1959– Gendering science fi ction fi lms : invaders from the suburbs / by Susan A. George. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Science fi ction fi lms—United States—History and criticism. 2. Sex role in motion pictures. 3. Cold War in motion pictures. I. Title. PN1995.9.S26G36 2013 791.43(cid:2)615—dc23 2013021017 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I lovingly and finally dedicate this book to my parents, Raymond and Delores George, and my partner in all things, Ken Stiles—may you all “Live long and prosper !” This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Gendering Science Fiction Invasion Films 1 2 Science Fiction Blue Prints for Cold War Gender Roles: Mystique Models and Team Players 21 3 Saturday Matinee Cautionary Tales: Science Fiction Vamps and Promethean Scientists 47 4 Invasion from Within: Mom, the Nuclear Family, and Suburban Masculinity 85 5 “I’m Not the Monster Here!”: Science Fiction Working Women after Rosie’s Retirement and the Men They Work With 1 07 6 Postwar Prototypes: Female Heroes and Progressive Men 127 7 Keep Watching the Screens: Gender in Fifties Science Fiction Films and Beyond 161 Notes 1 71 Works Cited 1 73 Selected Filmography 1 81 Index 1 87 This page intentionally left blank Figures 2.1 Sylvia as a step-by-step manual for educated woman’s behavior 3 0 3.1 Starlin giving herself additional injections 5 3 3.2 June just before taking the potion 5 8 3.3 June after drinking the potion 5 9 3.4 Nancy clutching the dead Harry 6 6 3.5 André, when his sexual desire is not repressed 8 0 4.1 The McLean family happy in their suburban home 8 9 4.2 Mary holding a scared and loving David 9 2 4.3 Sally is corrupted by the alien invasion 9 8 5.1 Dr. Pat Medford and FBI agent Robert Graham 1 11 5.2 Dr. Leslie Joyce, Commander Pete Matthews, and Dr. John Carter 1 15 6.1 A White male in I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1 33 6.2 Helen rejecting Tom’s marriage proposal 1 39 6.3 Helen as a central fi gure in the closing scene 1 45 6.4 Scene from The Creature Walks Among Us 1 48

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