Architecture and Science-Fiction Film - Philip K. Dick and the Spectacle of Home

The enduring paradoxes of the home are often brought to light in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However, while crossovers between architecture and SF have proliferated, the home is often overshadowed by the spectacle of 'otherness'. By examining the home from the estranging perspective of SF, and in particular, the films based on Phillip K.

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Part 1 Science-Fiction, Architecture and Home: Defining science-fiction: Darko Suvin and the genre; The future and home; Postfuturism and shifting notions of home; Learning from Dick: architectural perspectives on SF. Part 2 Re-Visioning Home in Dick-Inspired Films: Killing home: Blade Runner's strange obsessions and omissions; Relinquishing home: identity through architectural 'otherness'; Resurrecting home: scattered boundaries and domesti-city in Minority Report; Becoming home: identities, insects, and the dirty dwelling dilemma. Part 3 Go Home - I'm Home - Becoming Home: Architecture and grammar in SF; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Dr David T. Fortin is an Assistant Professor at Montana State University School of Architecture, USA.

Summary

The enduring paradoxes of the home are often brought to light in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However, while crossovers between architecture and SF have proliferated, the home is often overshadowed by the spectacle of 'otherness'. By examining the home from the estranging perspective of SF, and in particular, the films based on Phillip K.

Product details

• Authors: David T. Fortin, Fortin David T.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032925240
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92524-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Literature: history & criticism, Human Geography, Literature: history and criticism, City and town planning: architectural aspects