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British science fiction film and television : critical essays
- Title
- British science fiction film and television : critical essays / edited by Tobias Hochscherf and James Leggott.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011.
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- Description
- x, 227 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 29
- Uniform Title
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 29.
- Subjects
- Note
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: British science fiction beyond the TARDIS / Tobias Hochscherf and James Leggott -- H.G. Wells and science fiction cinema / James Chapman -- Aftermaths: post-apocalyptic imagery / Christian Hoffstadt and Dominik Schrey -- The BBC versus "science fiction": the collision of transnational genre and national identity in television of the early 1950s / Derek Johnston -- Hammer horror and science fiction / David Simmons -- Robert Fuest and the final programme: science fiction and the question of style / Michael du Plessis -- "Anything can happen in the next half-hour": Gerry Anderson's transnational science fiction / Jonathan Bignell -- Tracking UFO: format, text and context / Peter Hutchings -- A clockwork orange, exploitation and the art film / I.Q. Hunter -- Visions of an English dystopia: history, technology and the rural landscape in The tripods / Lincoln Geraghty -- The future of history in Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus / Christine Sprengler -- Expatriate! Expatriate! Doctor Who: the movie and commercial negotiation of a multiple text / Peter Wright -- Invasion of the Brit-snatchers: national Identity in contemporary science fiction cinema / Aidan Power -- A cosy catastrophe: genre, national cinema, and fan responses to 28 days later / Brigid Cherry -- Desiring the doctor: identity, gender and genre in online fandom / Rebecca Williams -- Invaders from space, time travel and omnisexuality: the multi-layered narrative of Torchwood / Lee Barron.
- Call Number
- MFL 13-1226
- ISBN
- 9780786446216 (pbk.: alk. paper)
- 0786446218 (pbk.: alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010053788
- OCLC
- 668182927
- Title
- British science fiction film and television : critical essays / edited by Tobias Hochscherf and James Leggott.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011.
- Series
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 29Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 29.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hochscherf, Tobias, 1976-Leggott, James.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-1226