Critical Companion to James Cameron (eBook)
244 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7231-6 (ISBN)
This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91), Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), The Abyss (1989), and True Lies (1994), and a series of documentaries on the depths of the ocean or on the tomb of Christ. Cameron's major productions have an immense and enduring popularity throughout the globe and have attracted both public and critical attention. This volume investigates several distinct areas of Cameron's works and addresses the different approaches and topics invited by the multidimensionality of the subject itself: the philosophical, the artistic, the socio-cultural and the personal. The methodologies adopted by the contributors differ significantly from each other, thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of Cameron's oeuvre. Contrary to the numerous volumes published in the past on the subject, each chapter offers specific case studies that have been previously ignored, or only partially mentioned, by other scholars.
Adam Barkman is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Redeemer University College.Antonio Sanna teaches English language and literature at the Instituto Pitagora.
Chapter One: We Must Not Forget about the Flying Fish: Piranha II’s Influence on Cameron’s Subsequent Works Ian Thomas Malone and Antonio Sanna Chapter Two: Reframing Tragedy: Titanic, Affect and the Arresting ImageFran Pheasant-Kelly Chapter Three: Exploration, Education and Humanity: James Cameron’s Deep-Sea DocumentariesAlissa Burger Chapter Four: Avatar, SF Mannerism and the AnthropoceneMaurizia Natali Chapter Five: She’s the ‘King of the World!’ Modernizing Melodrama in TitanicCarol DonelanChapter Six: Losing Touch or Making More Contact? Cameron’s Use of Technology and Visual EffectsPaul Johnson Chapter Seven: The Exodus Decoded, The Lost Tomb of Jesus and the Problem of History for FaithJonathan Fischer and Adam BarkmanChapter Eight: No Fate: James Cameron, Jesus, and John ConnorRacheal Harris Chapter Nine: The Simulated Sublime: Exploring Hollywood Ecocriticism in AvatarSiobhan LyonsChapter Ten: The Backlash and Empowerment of Feminism in Xenogenesis, Piranha II: The Spawning, and AliensFernando Gabriel Pagnoni BernsChapter Eleven: Taking Gettier to Tasker: True Lies, Knowledge, and the Prospects of Virtue EpistemologyMichael Versteeg and Adam BarkmanChapter Twelve: “I Wanted to Do Something Outrageous”: On the Limits of Parody in True LiesRussell P. Johnson and Naaman K. Wood Section III: The FuturistChapter Thirteen: Genetically Modified Human Beings in Dark AngelSabine PlankaChapter Fourteen: Of Shape-Shifters and Shifting Alliances: The Politics of the Terminator FranchisePatrick Zwosta Chapter Fifteen: An Abyss of Aliens: Action, Allegory and Mythological Elements in Aliens and The AbyssCarl H. Sobocinski Chapter Sixteen: Refining Genre, Reassessing Gender: Assessing the Sacrificial Heroine in the Works of James CameronChristian JimenezChapter Seventeen: “Two Candles in the Dark”: James Cameron’s Modern Fairy TalesElsa Columbani
Co-Autor | Adam Barkman, Russell P. Johnson, Siobhan Lyons, Ian Thomas Malone, Mauritzia Natali, Fran Pheasant-Kelly, Sabine Planka, Antonio Sanna, Carl Sobocinski, Michael Versteeg, Patrick Zwosta, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Alissa Burger, Elsa Columbani, Carol Donelan, Jonathan Fischer, Racheal Harris, Christian Jimenez, Paul Johnson |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
Schlagworte | action movies • Aliens • Avatar • documentaries • Film Studies • James Cameron • Pop culture • Technology in film • Terminator • Terminator 2 • the abyss • Titanic • True Lies |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-7231-6 / 1498572316 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-7231-6 / 9781498572316 |
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