Abstract

GRUBER, Mónica. Re-presentaciones de la imagen femenina en las series televisivas Las heroínas de Westword (2016-2018) de Jonathan Nolan y Lisa Joy. Cuad. Cent. Estud. Diseñ. Comun., Ensayos [online]. 2023, n.117, pp.134-148.  Epub Mar 01, 2023. ISSN 1853-3523.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18682/cdc.vi117.4279.

In 2016, the HBO networks produced a TV series for its Premium channels, called Westeworld, created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.

This science fiction/suspense series transports us to a near future in which one of the Delos Inc. theme parks gives the possibility of living and experiencing the Old American West or, during its second season, two new alternative attractions: Taj World and Shogun World. Visitors (“newcomers” or “guests”) live with hosts (androids) created to make this adventure possible. To do so, a series of intertwined narratives have been devised in order to satisfy the guests' full wishes while preserving their physical integrity.

It is in this context that two of the hosts kept fragments of their "erased memories" that make them question the veracity of their world. We are talking about Dolores Abernathy, a ranchers' daughter and Maeve Millay, the Sweetwater saloon's madame.

Throughout the two seasons, they will become the true heroines of this series narrative. In this work, we are trying to analyze the hermeneutical lines that gave life to these female characters and how they have been portrayed from the audiovisual language point of view. We believe that it is not by chance that this kind of narrative surfaces at a time when the role of women in society is the subject of deep political, ethical and aesthetic reflection.

Keywords : female characters; heroin; artificial life..

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