Victim-Warriors and Restorers—Heroines in the Post-Apocalyptic World of Mad Max: Fury Road
The article discusses the evolving image of female characters in the Mad Max saga directed by George Miller, focusing on Furiosa’s rebellion in the last film—Mad Max: Fury Road. Interestingly, studying Miller’s post-apocalyptic action films, we can observe the evolution of this post-apocalyptic visi...
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oai:doaj.org-article:eb2b51c3b9e8421987d7c8a4af8ef10a2021-12-01T06:51:57ZVictim-Warriors and Restorers—Heroines in the Post-Apocalyptic World of Mad Max: Fury Road2083-29312084-574X10.18778/2083-2931.11.08https://doaj.org/article/eb2b51c3b9e8421987d7c8a4af8ef10a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/11262https://doaj.org/toc/2083-2931https://doaj.org/toc/2084-574XThe article discusses the evolving image of female characters in the Mad Max saga directed by George Miller, focusing on Furiosa’s rebellion in the last film—Mad Max: Fury Road. Interestingly, studying Miller’s post-apocalyptic action films, we can observe the evolution of this post-apocalyptic vision from the male-dominated world with civilization collapsing into chaotic violence visualized in the previous series to a more hopeful future created by women in the last part of the saga: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). We observe female heroes: the vengeful Furiosa, the protector of oppressed girls and sex slaves, the women of the separatist clan, and the wives of the warlord, who bring down the tyranny and create a new “green place.” It is worth emphasizing that the plot casts female solidarity in the central heroic role. In fact, the Mad Max saga emerges as a piece of socially engaged cinema preoccupied with the cultural context of gender discourse. Noticeably, media commentators, scholars and activists have suggested that Fury Road is a feminist film.Anna Reglińska-JemiołLodz University Pressarticlepost-apocalyptic utopiamad max sagafeminismLiterature (General)PN1-6790ENText Matters, Iss 11, Pp 106-118 (2021) |
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The article discusses the evolving image of female characters in the Mad Max saga directed by George Miller, focusing on Furiosa’s rebellion in the last film—Mad Max: Fury Road. Interestingly, studying Miller’s post-apocalyptic action films, we can observe the evolution of this post-apocalyptic vision from the male-dominated world with civilization collapsing into chaotic violence visualized in the previous series to a more hopeful future created by women in the last part of the saga: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). We observe female heroes: the vengeful Furiosa, the protector of oppressed girls and sex slaves, the women of the separatist clan, and the wives of the warlord, who bring down the tyranny and create a new “green place.” It is worth emphasizing that the plot casts female solidarity in the central heroic role. In fact, the Mad Max saga emerges as a piece of socially engaged cinema preoccupied with the cultural context of gender discourse. Noticeably, media commentators, scholars and activists have suggested that Fury Road is a feminist film. |
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