Space and Time
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3664-4 (ISBN)
Essays in this work investigate the relationship between our past and science fiction and fantasy television. Some essays contextualize a particular program or series while others discern ways in which a show depicts history. Thus, through close readings of televised science fiction and fantasy, some authors illuminate such topics as Cold War culture, renegotiations of race and gender, anxiety over the impact of technology, and the legacies of colonialism. Other authors study science fiction and fantasy television to show how historical narratives are constructed and communicated to the larger public.
David C. Wright, Jr., is an associate professor and chair of the Department of History and Government at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Allan W. Austin is a history professor at Misericordia University. He is also a book review editor for Journal of American Ethnic History.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Viewing the Past through Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
DAVID C. WRIGHT, JR., AND ALLAN W. AUSTIN
1. Reflections of a Nation’s Angst; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Twilight Zone
NOVOTNY LAWRENCE
2. Beneath the Surface: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Cold War Science Fiction
RANDALL CLARK
3. Looking Glass War: The Topsy-Turvy World of The Prisoner
BRYAN E. VIZZINI
4. The Limits of Star Trek’s Final Frontier: “The Omega Glory” and 1960s American Liberalism
ALLAN W. AUSTIN
5. Lost in Translation: Autonomy, Agency, and Cybernetic Anxiety from Apollo to The Six Million Dollar Man
DARYL LEE
6. It’s About Tempus: Greece and Rome in “Classic” Doctor Who
ANTONY KEEN
7. Constructing a Grand Historical Narrative: Struggles through Time on Highlander: The Series
DAVID C. WRIGHT, JR.
8. The Future as Past Perfect: Appropriation of History in the Star Trek Series
JUDITH LANCIONI
9. Too Close for Comfort? Exploring the Construction of Near Future Historical Narratives in Science Fiction Television
KORCAIGHE P. HALE
10. “The Future Is the Past”: Music and History in Firefly
KENDRA PRESTON LEONARD
11. The Battle for History in Battlestar Galactica
JANICE LIEDL
Suggested Readings in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
DAVID C. WRIGHT, JR.
Contributors
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2010 |
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Zusatzinfo | bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 298 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-3664-6 / 0786436646 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-3664-4 / 9780786436644 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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