British Science Fiction Film and Television: Critical Essays

ISBN-13: 9780786446216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 237 str.

Tobias Hochscherf; James Leggott; Donald E. Palumbo

Opis

Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely British contribution to science fiction film and television. Viewing British SF as a cultural phenomenon that challenges straightforward definitions of genre, nationhood, authorship and media, the editors provide a conceptual introduction placing the essays within their critical context. Essay topics include Hammer science fiction films, the various incarnations of Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and such 21st-century productions as 28 Days Later and Torchwood.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: British Science Fiction Beyond the TARDIS
• 1. H.G. Wells and Science Fiction Cinema
• 2. Aftermaths: Post-Apocalyptic Imagery
• 3. The BBC Versus "Science Fiction": The Collision of Transnational Genre and National Identity in Television of the Early 1950s
• 4. Hammer Horror and Science Fiction
• 5. Robert Fuest and The Final Programme: Science Fiction and the Question of Style
• 6. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half-Hour": Gerry Anderson's Transnational Science Fiction
• 7. Tracking UFO: Format, Text and Context
• 8. A Clockwork Orange, Exploitation and the Art Film
• 9. Visions of an English Dystopia: History, Technology and the Rural Landscape in The Tripods
• 10. The Future of History in Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus
• 11. Expatriate! Expatriate! Doctor Who: The Movie and Commercial Negotiation of a Multiple Text
• 12. Invasion of the Brit-Snatchers: National Identity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
• 13. A Cosy Catastrophe: Genre, National Cinema, and Fan Responses to 28 Days Later
• 14. Desiring the Doctor: Identity, Gender and Genre in Online Fandom
• 15. Invaders from Space, Time Travel and Omnisexuality: The Multi-Layered Narrative of Torchwood
• Chapter Notes
• Select Bibliography
• About the Contributors
• Index