Neo-Frontier Spaces in Science Fiction Television
Title | Neo-Frontier Spaces in Science Fiction Television PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian J. Müller |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2023-04-17 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 147664957X |
The idea of the frontier--once, the geographical borderline moving further and further West across the North American continent--has shaped American science fiction television since its beginnings. TV series have long adapted the frontier myth to outer space and have explored American Wests of the future. This book takes a deeper look at the futuristic frontiers within such series as Star Trek, Firefly, Terra Nova, Defiance and The 100, revealing how they rethink colonialism, the environment, spaces of risk and utopian/dystopian worlds. Harnessing forms of speculation and the post-apocalyptic imagination, these series engage with matters of the present, from the legacies of colonialism to climate change and the increasing integration of humans and technologies. In doing so, these series question in novel ways the very idea of borders and reshape cultural binaries such as Self/Other, wilderness/civilization, city/nature, human/non-human and utopia/dystopia.
American Science Fiction Television and Space
Title | American Science Fiction Television and Space PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Hawkes |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2023-03-05 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 3031105281 |
This collection reads the science fiction genre and television medium as examples of heterotopia (and television as science fiction technology), in which forms, processes, and productions of space and time collide – a multiplicity of spaces produced and (re)configured. The book looks to be a heterotopic production, with different chapters and “spaces” (of genre, production, mediums, technologies, homes, bodies, etc), reflecting, refracting, and colliding to offer insight into spatial relationships and the implications of these spaces for a society that increasingly inhabits the world through the space of the screen. A focus on American science fiction offers further spatial focus for this study – a question of geographical and cultural borders and influence not only in terms of American science fiction but American television and streaming services. The (contested) hegemonic nature of American science fiction television will be discussed alongside a nation that has significantly been understood, even produced, through the television screen. Essays will examine the various (re)configurations, or productions, of space as they collapse into the science fiction heterotopia of television since 1987, the year Star Trek: Next Generation began airing.
Sci Fi Tv
Title | Sci Fi Tv PDF eBook |
Author | James Van Hise |
Publisher | Movie Publisher Services |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781556983627 |
American Science Fiction TV
Title | American Science Fiction TV PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Johnson-Smith |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780819567383 |
Science fiction TV and the American psyche.
Our Space, Our Place
Title | Our Space, Our Place PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry Ginn |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Drama |
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In Our Space, Our Place: Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television, author Sherry Ginn explores the portrayals of female characters in popular Sci Fi television programs. The programs examined include The X-Files, Babylon 5, Farscape, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, and all five Star Treks. The major female characters on each program are discussed with respect to their quest to establish a sense of identity within their particular universe, as depicted on their series. By using current psychological and feminist theories, Ginn skillfully evaluates each character in terms that best exemplify the search for meaning and identity in women's lives.
American Science Fiction Film and Television
Title | American Science Fiction Film and Television PDF eBook |
Author | Lincoln Geraghty |
Publisher | Berg |
Total Pages | 124 |
Release | 2009-10-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0857850768 |
American Science Fiction Film and Television presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the classic literature of HG Wells and Jules Verne. The potential and fears born with the Atomic age fuelled the popularity of the genre, upping the stakes for both technology and apocalypse. From the Cold War through to America's current War on Terror, science fiction has proved a subtle vehicle for the hopes, fears and preoccupations of a nation at war. The definitive introduction to American science fiction, this is also the first study to analyse SF across both film and TV. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated with critical case studies of key films and television series, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, and Battlestar Galactica.
Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction
Title | Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Fulton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fantasy television programs |
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