American Science Fiction Film and Television

Zusatztext American Science Fiction Film and Television is built on a huge research work and can be enjoyed by fans! specialists! academics or simply by reasers with a curiosity for the genre. Informationen zum Autor Lincoln Geraghty is Principal Lecturer in Film Studies and Subject Leader for Media Studies in the School of Creative Arts! Film and Media at the University of Portsmouth. He is author of Living with Star Trek: American Culture and the Star Trek Universe! editor of The Influence of Star Trek on Television! Film and Culture! and co-editor of The Shifting Definitions of Genre: Essays on Labelling Films! Television Shows and Media. Zusammenfassung Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the classic literature of HG Wells and Jules Verne. This book presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - American Science Fiction Culture 1. Conflict and Consensus: The Cold War and the Space Race 2. Pushing the Frontiers of Reality: Science Fiction and the Counterculture 3. Unsettling Visions of America's Future Present: Dystopian Science Fiction 4. Hopes and Fears: Aliens, Cyborgs and the Science Fiction Blockbuster 5. Beyond Truth and Reason: Politics and Identity in Science Fiction 6. American Science Fiction Post 9/11 Filmography Bibliography Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lincoln Geraghty, Geraghty Lincoln
• Edition: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781845207953
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-795-3
• Pages: 160
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV; Science Fiction, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, Films, cinema, Film: styles & genres, TV & society, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General