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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788435303321

Titolo

Heroes, monsters and values [[electronic resource] ] : science fiction films of the 1970s / / edited by Michael Berman and Rohit Dalvi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14228-7

1-4438-2776-2

9786613142283

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Classificazione

24.34

Altri autori (Persone)

BermanMichael <1968->

DalviRohit <1974->

Disciplina

791.4361509047

Soggetti

Science fiction films - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Heroes in history -- pt. II. Monsters of technology -- pt. III. Values in disruption.

Sommario/riassunto

This exciting new anthology brings together many diverse views on blockbuster and cult science fiction films of the 1970's. These essays, which range in focus from Alien to Zardoz, explore some of the most fundamental questions about the meaning of being human. The chapters of the first section challenge our notions of heroism, confronting our ideas Other issues of history, gender and embodiment. The second section's contributions delve into the human caused monstrosities of our own ingenuity a...