Screening Science : Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film

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Screening Science : Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 264 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780810840232
  • DDC分類 791.43615

Full Description

Screening Science removes the science fiction genre from considerations of monsters and aliens, to an examination of humans and their relationship with science, technology and change. The book is structured in two parts. The first examines the genre of science fiction, the contextual elements of history and culture, and the film industry. The second analyses the nature of science and its representation in western culture, narrowing to an attempt to detail the cultural representation of science in science fiction films, especially in the fifties when the film medium assumes significance for the genre. Vieth examines the growth in the influence and power of the scientific paradigm in the fifties through an examination of film in which such science was discussed, distorted, debated, denigrated, demonized and deified. This exploration reveals a great deal about the concerns of the time, as well as the science that figures so powerfully in the web of culture of the fifties.

Contents

Part 1 Contexts Chapter 2 Science and Fiction Chapter 3 The genre according to the critics Chapter 4 The genre according to the writers Chapter 5 The boundaries of the science fiction film: Horror and Fantasy Chapter 6 The genre web and genre threads Chapter 7 Stars in science fiction Chapter 8 Special effects and the science fiction film Chapter 9 Cultural and Historical Contexts Chapter 10 Grand narratives and the emergence of science fiction Chapter 11 Change and fear Chapter 12 The appearance of UFOs Chapter 13 Hollywood and the Pentagon Chapter 14 The social context Chapter 15 Audiences Chapter 16 Industrial Contexts Chapter 17 Changes in the industry Chapter 18 The challenge of television Chapter 19 The growth of drive-ins Chapter 20 Case studies Chapter 21 Special effects artists Part 22 Science and Scientists Chapter 23 The (Liberating) Nature and (Rhetorical) Function of Science Chapter 24 The liberating nature of science Chapter 25 Change through tertiary education Chapter 26 Science as dangerous change: The conservative paradigm Chapter 27 Nuclear holocaust: The responsiblity of science Chapter 28 The rhetorical function of science Chapter 29 Medical and Psychological Science Chapter 30 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Chapter 31 Invaders from Mars Chapter 32 Amazing Colossal Man Chapter 33 The Thing