British Science Fiction Film and Television : Critical Essays (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Hochscherf, Tobias (EDT)/ Leggott, James (EDT)/ Palumbo, Donald E. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 237 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786446216
• DDC分類 791.436150941

Full Description

Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely British contribution to science fiction film and television. Viewing British SF as a cultural phenomenon that challenges straightforward definitions of genre, nationhood, authorship and media, the editors provide a conceptual introduction placing the essays within their critical context. Essay topics include Hammer science fiction films, the various incarnations of Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and such 21st-century productions as 28 Days Later and Torchwood.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Introduction: British Science Fiction Beyond the TARDIS

TOBIAS HOCHSCHERF and JAMES LEGGOTT     

1. H.G. Wells and Science Fiction Cinema

JAMES CHAPMAN     

2. Aftermaths: Post-Apocalyptic Imagery

CHRISTIAN HOFFSTADT and DOMINIK SCHREY     

3. The BBC Versus "Science Fiction": The Collision of Transnational Genre and National Identity in Television of the Early 1950s

DEREK JOHNSTON     

4. Hammer Horror and Science Fiction

DAVID SIMMONS     

5. Robert Fuest and The Final Programme: Science Fiction and the Question of Style

MICHAEL DU PLESSIS     

6. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half-Hour": Gerry Anderson's Transnational Science Fiction

JONATHAN BIGNELL     

7. Tracking UFO: Format, Text and Context

PETER HUTCHINGS     

8. A Clockwork Orange, Exploitation and the Art Film

I.Q. HUNTER     

9. Visions of an English Dystopia: History, Technology and the Rural Landscape in The Tripods

LINCOLN GERAGHTY     

10. The Future of History in Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus

CHRISTINE SPRENGLER     

11. Expatriate! Expatriate! Doctor Who: The Movie and Commercial Negotiation of a Multiple Text

PETER WRIGHT     

12. Invasion of the Brit-Snatchers: National Identity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema

AIDAN POWER     

13. A Cosy Catastrophe: Genre, National Cinema, and Fan Responses to 28 Days Later

BRIGID CHERRY     

14. Desiring the Doctor: Identity, Gender and Genre in Online Fandom

REBECCA WILLIAMS     

15. Invaders from Space, Time Travel and Omnisexuality: The Multi-Layered Narrative of Torchwood

LEE BARRON     

Chapter Notes     

Select Bibliography     

About the Contributors     

Index