David T. Fortin

Architecture and Science-Fiction Film

Philip K. Dick and the Spectacle of Home

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032925240
• ISBN-10: 1032925248
• Artikelnr.: 71622285

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.