An edition of Screening science
(2001)
Screening science
contexts, texts, and science in fifties science fiction film
by Errol Vieth
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"This look at the trend of science fiction films in the 1950s reveals the concerns and interests of the generation. The examination of those films tells us a great deal about the decade, as well as the science that figures so powerfully in the cultural web of the fifties."--BOOK JACKET.
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Screening science: contexts, texts, and science in fifties science fiction film
2001, Scarecrow Press
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I Contexts
1 Science and Fiction
The genre according to the critics
The genre according to the writers
The boundaries of the science fiction film:
Horror and fantasy
The genre web and genre threads
Stars in science fiction
Special effects and the science fiction film
2 Cultural and Historical Contexts
Grand narratives and the emergence of science fiction
Change and fear
The appearance of UFOs
Hollywood and the Pentagon
The social context
Audiences
3 Industrial Contexts
Changes in the industry
The challenge of television
The growth of drive-ins
Case studies
Special effects artists
Part II Science and Scientists
4 The (Liberating) Nature and (Rhetorical) Function
of Science
The liberating nature of science
Change through tertiary education
Science as dangerous change: The conservative paradigm
Nuclear holocaust: The responsibility of science
The rhetorical function of science
5 Medical and Psychological Science
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invaders fom Mars
Amazing Colossal Man
The Thing
Epilogue
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
About the Author.
Edition Notes
Filmography: p. 215-242.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index.
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