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Science fiction films and television programs about space travel have undergone a significant transformation since their inception. In contrast to 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 making space travel films, 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.
This collection of essays examines many aspects of making space travel films, 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.
Science fiction films and television programs about space travel have undergone a significant transformation since their inception. In contrast to 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 making space travel films, 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.
This collection of essays examines many aspects of making space travel films, 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.
Über den Autor
Gary Westfahl, a professor emeritus at the University of La Verne, California, has authored, edited, or co-edited 35 books about science fiction and fantasy, and has written 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
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
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781476689814 |
| ISBN-10: | 1476689814 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Redaktion: | Westfahl, Gary |
| Hersteller: | McFarland |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gary Westfahl |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.02.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,44 kg |
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