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Science Fiction [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Bould Mark Visualizza persona
Titolo: Science Fiction [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/615
791.43615
Soggetto topico: Science fiction films -- History and criticism
Science fiction films - History and criticism
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Film
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 The science in science fiction; The sound (and look) of science; The critical potential, pleasures and politics of 'bad' science; Unpicking science's self-image; The social subjectivity of (mad) scientists; The schizoid scientist, sexual terror and political complicity; Women in the lab: body parts; Women in the lab: scientists; Conclusion; 2 Sf, spectacle and self-reflexivity; Attractions; Spectacle, narrative and affect; Special effects and immersivity; The sublime; The grotesque; Camp
Self-reflexivity: inanimating the animate, animating the inanimateSelf-reflexivity: surveillance, interpellation, reification, death; Conclusion; 3 Sf, colonialism and globalisation; Sf, cinema and the colonial imagination; Sf's colonial imaginary; Post-imperial melancholy in British sf; Race and anti-imperialism in US countercultural sf; Neo-liberalism and the sf of deindustrialisation; Sf figurations of neoliberal spaces; Representations of labour in contemporary sf; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying particular attention to the role of special effects in creating meaning and affect. It explores science fiction's evocations of the sublime, the grotesque, and the camp, and charts the ways in which the genre reproduces and articulates discourses of colonialism, imperialism and neo-liberal
Titolo autorizzato: Science Fiction  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-87460-0
9786613715913
1-136-50028-6
1-136-50027-8
0-203-14332-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452891003321
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Serie: Routledge Film Guidebooks