Is that a future we want?: An ecofeminist exploration of images of the future in contemporary film

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-359

  Hurley, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOFEMINISM; FILM; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEGEMONY; MASCULINIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMENS STATUS;

CALIFORNIA; HOLLYWOOD [LOS ANGELES]; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41249102190     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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