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Aliens R us : the other in science fiction cinema / edited by Ziauddin Sardar and Sean Cubitt.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.S26 A45 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction films--History and criticism.
- Science fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 186 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Aliens are us
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1. Delicatessen: Eco-Apocalypse in the New French Science Fiction Cinema / Sean Cubitt 18
- 2. Rewriting the 'American Dream': Postmodernism and Otherness in Independence Day / Jan Mair 34
- 3. Displacements of Gender and Race in Space: Above and Beyond / Nickianne Moody 51
- 4. Star Trek: First Contact: The Hybrid, the Whore and the Machine / Christine Wertheim 74
- 5. Japanimation: Techno-Orientalism, Media Tribes and Rave Culture / Toshiya Ueno 94
- 6. Wicked Cities: The Other in Hong Kong Science Fiction / Gregory B Lee, Sunny S K Lam 111
- 7. Saying 'Yours' and 'Mine' in Deep Space Nine / Kirk W Junker, Robert Duffy 134
- 8. False and Double Consciousness: Race, Virtual Reality and the Assimilation of Hong Kong Action Cinema in The Matrix / Peter X Feng 149
- 9. Global Visions and European Perspectives / Dimitris Eleftheriotis 164.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745315445
- 0745315399
- OCLC:
- 47092392
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