Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings, science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is true of science fiction in children's film and television. This collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, covering such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden--and…mehr
Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings, science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is true of science fiction in children's film and television. This collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, covering such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden--and not-so-hidden--messages presented on our children's film and TV screens.
R.C. Neighbors holds degrees in psychology, English and film from the University of Arkansas, Northeastern State University and Hollins University. He currently serves as a Lecturer at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen, Texas. Sandy Rankin is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas. Her publications include poetry, fiction, and essays in such periodicals as Journal of Popular Culture.
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Table of Contents Introduction. Horizons of Possibility: What We Point to When We Say Science Fiction for Children SANDY RANKIN AND R.C. NEIGHBORS PART 1. D IS FOR DEVIANCE ONE. Monsters Among Us: Construction of the Deviant Body in Monsters, Inc. and Lilo & Stitch ELIZABETH LEIGH SCHERMAN TWO. Susan Murphy, Ginormica, and Gloria Steinem: Feminist Consciousness-Raising as Science Fiction in Monsters vs. Aliens HOLLY HASSEL THREE. Performing Gender, Performing Romance: Pixar's WALL-E CAROL A. BERNARD FOUR. Last in Space: The "Black" Hole in Children's Science Fiction Film DEBBIE C. OLSON FIVE. A Few Beasts Hissed: Buzz Lightyear and the Refusal to Believe DANIEL KENNEFICK PART 2. S IS FOR STRUCTURES OF POWER SIX. Forward to the Past: Anti-Fascist Allegory and "Blitz Spirit" Revisionism in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. DANIEL O'BRIEN SEVEN. The Search for a "More Civilized Age," or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise R.C. NEIGHBORS EIGHT. Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers JACQUELINE WIEGARD NINE. "Population: Us": Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant SANDY RANKIN TEN. Doctor Who: A Very British Alien J.P.C. BROWN PART 3. F IS FOR FUTURE SHOCK ELEVEN. No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy BRIAN COWLISHAW TWELVE. "No One's Lazy in LazyTown": The Making of Active Citizens in Preschool Television LYNN WHITAKER THIRTEEN. Flash Gordon: Remembering a Childhood Hero (Past, Present, Future) PATRICK D. ENRIGHT FOURTEEN. Toys, a T-Rex, and Trouble: Cautionary Tales of Time Travel in Children's Film KRISTINE LARSEN FIFTEEN. "Manmade Mess": The Critical Dystopia of WALL-E ALEXANDER CHARLES OLIVER HALL SIXTEEN. A Bumbling Bag of Ball Bearings: Lost in Space and the Space Race JONATHAN COHN About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction. Horizons of Possibility: What We Point to When We Say Science Fiction for Children SANDY RANKIN AND R.C. NEIGHBORS PART 1. D IS FOR DEVIANCE ONE. Monsters Among Us: Construction of the Deviant Body in Monsters, Inc. and Lilo & Stitch ELIZABETH LEIGH SCHERMAN TWO. Susan Murphy, Ginormica, and Gloria Steinem: Feminist Consciousness-Raising as Science Fiction in Monsters vs. Aliens HOLLY HASSEL THREE. Performing Gender, Performing Romance: Pixar's WALL-E CAROL A. BERNARD FOUR. Last in Space: The "Black" Hole in Children's Science Fiction Film DEBBIE C. OLSON FIVE. A Few Beasts Hissed: Buzz Lightyear and the Refusal to Believe DANIEL KENNEFICK PART 2. S IS FOR STRUCTURES OF POWER SIX. Forward to the Past: Anti-Fascist Allegory and "Blitz Spirit" Revisionism in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. DANIEL O'BRIEN SEVEN. The Search for a "More Civilized Age," or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise R.C. NEIGHBORS EIGHT. Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers JACQUELINE WIEGARD NINE. "Population: Us": Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant SANDY RANKIN TEN. Doctor Who: A Very British Alien J.P.C. BROWN PART 3. F IS FOR FUTURE SHOCK ELEVEN. No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy BRIAN COWLISHAW TWELVE. "No One's Lazy in LazyTown": The Making of Active Citizens in Preschool Television LYNN WHITAKER THIRTEEN. Flash Gordon: Remembering a Childhood Hero (Past, Present, Future) PATRICK D. ENRIGHT FOURTEEN. Toys, a T-Rex, and Trouble: Cautionary Tales of Time Travel in Children's Film KRISTINE LARSEN FIFTEEN. "Manmade Mess": The Critical Dystopia of WALL-E ALEXANDER CHARLES OLIVER HALL SIXTEEN. A Bumbling Bag of Ball Bearings: Lost in Space and the Space Race JONATHAN COHN About the Contributors Index
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