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Errol Vieth - Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film - 9780810840232 - V9780810840232
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Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film

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Description for Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film hardcover. This title treats the polysemy of science fiction film. It examines the science fiction genre and analyzes the nature of science and its representation in western culture, especially in the 50s when the film medium assumes significance for the genre. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APF; JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840232
SKU
V9780810840232
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Errol Vieth
Errol Vieth is Senior Lecturer, School of Contemporary Communication, at Central Queensland University, Australia.

Reviews for Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film
With its abundance of scholarly and popular references – beautifully indexed and documented – it rewards its reader with a clear and cogent statement about the importance of, and the accessibility of, fifties sf films. In addition, the book inspires the reader (well, this one, for sure) to delve into the dusty shelves of local video stores and re-view many ... Read more

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