Natalija Majsova

Soviet Science Fiction Cinema and the Space Age

Memorable Futures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study examines Soviet science fiction cinema from 1957 to 1990 and its relation to the space age. The author examines dozens of films and examines their aesthetics and how the films related to conceptions of the future, utopia, the ideological guidelines of the Soviet state, and changes within the Soviet system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781793609335
• ISBN-10: 1793609330
• Artikelnr.: 67225061

Autorenporträt

By Natalija Majsova

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "To Begin With, There Must Be a Will to Remember."
Chapter 1: Soviet Space and the Battlegrounds of 20th Century Science
Fiction Cinema
Chapter 2: Aelita's Mark and the Many Faces of Utopia
¿hapter 3: The Space Futures of Socialist Realism
Chapter 4: The Space Age and Its Others: Soviet SF between Gagarin and
Gorbachev
Chapter 5: Little Soldiers, Perfect Aliens, and Spoilt Brats: Soviet and
Post-Soviet Space Kids as Liminal Agents
Chapter 6: An Explosive Expansion: Soviet SF in the 1980s and Its Legacy
Chapter 7: The Province Called Earth: The Trope of Outer Space in
Post-Soviet Russian Cinema
Chapter 8: Reinterpretations of the Soviet History of Spaceflight in
Contemporary Russian Blockbusters
Conclusion: "If It Got Recorded, It Had To Be True." Replay, Rewatch,
Remember?