"Science fiction films and television programs about space travel have undergone a significant transformation since their inception. Contrasting the early depictions of small spaceship crews on exploratory missions, recent film and television portrayals depict much larger societies in space as well as the obstacles that arise with them. This collection of essays examines many aspects of fictional space travel, from the process of screenwriting to the impact of Greek myth on modern film, with illuminating commentary on contemporary problems including class distinction, racism, and sexism.…mehr
"Science fiction films and television programs about space travel have undergone a significant transformation since their inception. Contrasting the early depictions of small spaceship crews on exploratory missions, recent film and television portrayals depict much larger societies in space as well as the obstacles that arise with them. This collection of essays examines many aspects of fictional space travel, from the process of screenwriting to the impact of Greek myth on modern film, with illuminating commentary on contemporary problems including class distinction, racism, and sexism. Contributors to this volume, including several extensively published scholars and science fiction writers, analyze a wide variety of relevant science fiction films and television programs ranging from Star Trek, Silent Running, the Alien films and Japanese anime to more recent works like Battlestar Galactica, Avatar, Elysium, The Martian, Passengers, and Ad Astra"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gary Westfahl, a professor emeritus at the University of La Verne, California, has authored, edited, or co-edited 34 books about science fiction and fantasy, and hundreds of articles and reviews. In 2003, he received the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award for his lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Gary Westfahl When the Journey Is the Destination: Space Travel as the Subject of Science Fiction Films Gary Westfahl Specification vs. Speculation: Bradbury, Ellison, and Approaches to SF Screenwriting Phil Nichols Alien Sounds: Noise, Agency, and the Other in 2001 and Close Encounters Richard L. Hunt Pulp Paradox: The Problem of the Science Fiction A-Film Bradley Schauer Enlightened Colonialism: The United Federation of Planets and Race in Star Trek Anthony Macías A Complete Human Society in Space: Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running Gary Westfahl The Robotech Phenomenon: Japanese Anime and Its Impact on SF in the United States Andrew Howe Super Humans and Nature as Nonhuman Others in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and E.Y.E.S. of Mars Julie Ha Tran Fighter Pilots, Femme Fatales and Mother Messiahs: Gender and Genre Hybridity in Battlestar Galactica Lacy Hodges Redemption and Reproduction in Battlestar Galactica and Caprica Jennifer Kavetsky Crises of Faith: God(s) and Humankind in Caprica Warren Rochelle To Boldly "Not" Go Where No Woman Has Gone Before: The Restriction of Female Characters to Traditional Roles in the Anime Series Planetes Paul S. Price The Post-9/11 Mohican: Avatar and the Transformation of the "Manifest Apology" Andrew Howe Tracking the Sovereign: Biopolitical Representation in Peter Watkins's Punishment Park and Gareth Edwards's Monsters Simon Lee "An empire o'er the disentangled doom": Captivity and the Re-Staging of Prometheus in the Twenty-First Century Stephanie A. Smith Mission to Planet Earth: Spacesuits Films After 1969 Gary Westfahl Unsafe at Any Speed: When Warp Is Not an Option Stephen W. Potts What Does God Need with a Starship? The Functional Space of Spaceships in Modern Cinema Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Bibliography: Resources for the Study of Films About Societies in Space About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Gary Westfahl When the Journey Is the Destination: Space Travel as the Subject of Science Fiction Films Gary Westfahl Specification vs. Speculation: Bradbury, Ellison, and Approaches to SF Screenwriting Phil Nichols Alien Sounds: Noise, Agency, and the Other in 2001 and Close Encounters Richard L. Hunt Pulp Paradox: The Problem of the Science Fiction A-Film Bradley Schauer Enlightened Colonialism: The United Federation of Planets and Race in Star Trek Anthony Macías A Complete Human Society in Space: Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running Gary Westfahl The Robotech Phenomenon: Japanese Anime and Its Impact on SF in the United States Andrew Howe Super Humans and Nature as Nonhuman Others in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and E.Y.E.S. of Mars Julie Ha Tran Fighter Pilots, Femme Fatales and Mother Messiahs: Gender and Genre Hybridity in Battlestar Galactica Lacy Hodges Redemption and Reproduction in Battlestar Galactica and Caprica Jennifer Kavetsky Crises of Faith: God(s) and Humankind in Caprica Warren Rochelle To Boldly "Not" Go Where No Woman Has Gone Before: The Restriction of Female Characters to Traditional Roles in the Anime Series Planetes Paul S. Price The Post-9/11 Mohican: Avatar and the Transformation of the "Manifest Apology" Andrew Howe Tracking the Sovereign: Biopolitical Representation in Peter Watkins's Punishment Park and Gareth Edwards's Monsters Simon Lee "An empire o'er the disentangled doom": Captivity and the Re-Staging of Prometheus in the Twenty-First Century Stephanie A. Smith Mission to Planet Earth: Spacesuits Films After 1969 Gary Westfahl Unsafe at Any Speed: When Warp Is Not an Option Stephen W. Potts What Does God Need with a Starship? The Functional Space of Spaceships in Modern Cinema Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Bibliography: Resources for the Study of Films About Societies in Space About the Contributors Index
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