This book is a comprehensive, current scholarly analysis of the works of one of the world's most renowned and successful filmmakers. Written by some of the top scholars working in film and media studies, philosophy, and literature, the seventeen chapters in this book illuminate the entire artistic career of James Cameron.
This book is a comprehensive, current scholarly analysis of the works of one of the world's most renowned and successful filmmakers. Written by some of the top scholars working in film and media studies, philosophy, and literature, the seventeen chapters in this book illuminate the entire artistic career of James Cameron.
Adam Barkman is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Redeemer University College. Antonio Sanna teaches English language and literature at the Instituto Pitagora.
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Chapter One: We Must Not Forget about the Flying Fish: Piranha II's Influence on Cameron's Subsequent Works Ian Thomas Malone and Antonio Sanna Chapter Two: Reframing Tragedy: Titanic, Affect and the Arresting Image Fran Pheasant-Kelly Chapter Three: Exploration, Education and Humanity: James Cameron's Deep-Sea Documentaries Alissa Burger Chapter Four: Avatar, SF Mannerism and the Anthropocene Maurizia Natali Chapter Five: She's the 'King of the World!' Modernizing Melodrama in Titanic Carol Donelan Chapter Six: Losing Touch or Making More Contact? Cameron's Use of Technology and Visual Effects Paul Johnson Chapter Seven: The Exodus Decoded, The Lost Tomb of Jesus and the Problem of History for Faith Jonathan Fischer and Adam Barkman Chapter Eight: No Fate: James Cameron, Jesus, and John Connor Racheal Harris Chapter Nine: The Simulated Sublime: Exploring Hollywood Ecocriticism in Avatar Siobhan Lyons Chapter Ten: The Backlash and Empowerment of Feminism in Xenogenesis, Piranha II: The Spawning, and Aliens Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter Eleven: Taking Gettier to Tasker: True Lies, Knowledge, and the Prospects of Virtue Epistemology Michael Versteeg and Adam Barkman Chapter Twelve: "I Wanted to Do Something Outrageous": On the Limits of Parody in True Lies Russell P. Johnson and Naaman K. Wood Section III: The Futurist Chapter Thirteen: Genetically Modified Human Beings in Dark Angel Sabine Planka Chapter Fourteen: Of Shape-Shifters and Shifting Alliances: The Politics of the Terminator Franchise Patrick Zwosta Chapter Fifteen: An Abyss of Aliens: Action, Allegory and Mythological Elements in Aliens and The Abyss Carl H. Sobocinski Chapter Sixteen: Refining Genre, Reassessing Gender: Assessing the Sacrificial Heroine in the Works of James Cameron Christian Jimenez Chapter Seventeen: "Two Candles in the Dark": James Cameron's Modern Fairy Tales Elsa Columbani
Chapter One: We Must Not Forget about the Flying Fish: Piranha II's Influence on Cameron's Subsequent Works Ian Thomas Malone and Antonio Sanna Chapter Two: Reframing Tragedy: Titanic, Affect and the Arresting Image Fran Pheasant-Kelly Chapter Three: Exploration, Education and Humanity: James Cameron's Deep-Sea Documentaries Alissa Burger Chapter Four: Avatar, SF Mannerism and the Anthropocene Maurizia Natali Chapter Five: She's the 'King of the World!' Modernizing Melodrama in Titanic Carol Donelan Chapter Six: Losing Touch or Making More Contact? Cameron's Use of Technology and Visual Effects Paul Johnson Chapter Seven: The Exodus Decoded, The Lost Tomb of Jesus and the Problem of History for Faith Jonathan Fischer and Adam Barkman Chapter Eight: No Fate: James Cameron, Jesus, and John Connor Racheal Harris Chapter Nine: The Simulated Sublime: Exploring Hollywood Ecocriticism in Avatar Siobhan Lyons Chapter Ten: The Backlash and Empowerment of Feminism in Xenogenesis, Piranha II: The Spawning, and Aliens Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter Eleven: Taking Gettier to Tasker: True Lies, Knowledge, and the Prospects of Virtue Epistemology Michael Versteeg and Adam Barkman Chapter Twelve: "I Wanted to Do Something Outrageous": On the Limits of Parody in True Lies Russell P. Johnson and Naaman K. Wood Section III: The Futurist Chapter Thirteen: Genetically Modified Human Beings in Dark Angel Sabine Planka Chapter Fourteen: Of Shape-Shifters and Shifting Alliances: The Politics of the Terminator Franchise Patrick Zwosta Chapter Fifteen: An Abyss of Aliens: Action, Allegory and Mythological Elements in Aliens and The Abyss Carl H. Sobocinski Chapter Sixteen: Refining Genre, Reassessing Gender: Assessing the Sacrificial Heroine in the Works of James Cameron Christian Jimenez Chapter Seventeen: "Two Candles in the Dark": James Cameron's Modern Fairy Tales Elsa Columbani
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