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Science fiction : a Routledge film guidebook / Mark Bould.

by Bould, Mark.

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Routledge, 2012.

791.43615 B763s

Science fiction films -- History and criticism.

Routledge film guidebooks.

9780415458115 (pbk.)

9780415458108 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Routledge film guidebooks. Science fiction

vi, 239 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.

Introduction -- The science in science fiction. the sound (and look) of science -- "Bad" science -- Science studies and science fiction -- Mad science and the modern subject -- Women in the lab -- Science fiction, spectacle and self-reflexivity. Attractions -- Spectacle, special effects and affect -- The sublime -- The grotesque -- Camp -- Inanimating the animate, animating the inanimate -- Surveillance, interpellation, reification, death -- Science fiction, colonialism and globalisation. Science fiction's colonial imaginary -- Post-imperial melancholy and anti-imperialism at home -- Neo-liberal empire.

Explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying particular attention to the role of special effects in creating meaning and affect. Explores science fiction's evocations of the sublime, the grotesque, and the camp, and charts the ways in which the genre reproduces and articulates discourses of colonialism, imperialism and neo-liberal globalization. Provides a thorough analysis of the genre's representation of race, class, gender and sexuality, making this text a guide for students, academics and film fans alike.

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