Science fiction / by Mark Bould.
Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying pa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Routledge film guidebooks.
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| Summary: | Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying particular attention to the role of special effects in creating meaning and affect. It explores science fiction's evocations of the sublime, the grotesque, and the camp, and charts the ways in which the genre reproduces and articulates discourses of colonialism, imperialism and neo-liberal globalizati. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780415458115 0415458110 0415458102 9780415458108 0203143329 9780203143322 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |