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Åsne Ø. Høgetveit

Åsne Ø. Høgetveit is a ph.d-student at the Department of Language and Culture at University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway. In her project she explores the function of women in (post-)Soviet cinema, based on theories of notions of verticality as metaphors for hierarchies. Her recent publications include ‘And up She Went – The Moral Vertical in Wings’ (2017), and ‘Memory of a Soldier’ [Minnet om ein soldat] (2016).

Latest Posts | By Åsne Ø. Høgetveit
Female Aliens in (Post-)Soviet Sci-Fi Cinema: Technology, Sacrifice and Morality Feminism

Female Aliens in (Post-)Soviet Sci-Fi Cinema: Technology, Sacrifice and Morality Feminism

In this article I will discuss a number of (post-) Soviet sci-fi films, stretching over a hundred years or so, to look into what function (post-) Soviet female superhuman characters …
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