Space and time : essays on visions of history in science fiction and fantasy television
Space and time
Bok · Engelsk · 2010
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| Omfang | vi, 225 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction : viewing the past through science fiction and fantasy television / David C. Wright, Jr., and Allan W. Austin -- Reflections of a nation's angst; or, how I learned to stop worrying and love The twilight zone / Novotny Lawrence -- Beneath the surface: Voyage to the bottom of the sea as Cold War science fiction / Randall Clark -- Looking glass war: the topsy-turvy world of The prisoner / Bryan E. Vizzini -- The limits of Star trek's final frontier: "the omega glory" and 1960s American liberalism / Allan W. Austin -- Lost in translation: autonomy, agency, and cybernetic anxiety from Apollo to The six million dollar man / Daryl Lee -- It's about Tempus: Greece and Rome in "classic" Doctor who / Antony Keen -- Constructing a grand historical narrative: struggles through time on Highlander: the series / David C. Wright, Jr. -- The future as past perfect: appropriation of history in the Star trek series / Judith Lancioni -- Too close for comfort? exploring the construction of near future historical narratives in science fiction television / Korcaighe P. Hale -- "The future is the past": music and history in Firefly / Kendra Preston Leonard -- The battle for history in Battlestar galactica / Janice Liedl.. - The first half of the book approaches science fiction television as primary evidence, demonstrating how such programs consciously or unconsciously elucidate persistent concerns and enduring ideals of a past era and place. The second half studies television as secondary evidence, investigating how popular media constructs and communicates narratives about past events.
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| Emner | Fantasy television programs - History and criticism.
History on television. Science fiction television programs - History and criticism. Television and history. Fantasy science fiction tv fjernsynsprogrammer |
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| ISBN | 9780786436644 : £31.50
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