Alien legacies / edited by Nathan Abrams and Greg Frame.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abrams, Nathan, editor.

Frame, Gregory, 1985- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alien films--History and criticism.

Alien films.

Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Science fiction films.

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Women heroes in motion pictures.

Extraterrestrial beings in motion pictures.

Outer space in motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Alien (1979) has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by a person known for making adverts (Ridley Scott) and starring an unknown actor in the lead role (Sigourney Weaver), it transcended its humble origins to frighten and disturb audiences on its initial release. Its success has led to three direct sequels, two prequels, one "mashup" franchise, and a series of comic books, graphic novels, novelizations, and games, and it has an enormous and devoted fanbase. For forty years, Alien (and its progeny) has animated debate and discussion among critics and academics from a wide variety of disciplines and methodological perspectives. This collection brings together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore Alien more than forty years since its release. The chapters here demonstrate the extent to which this is multifaceted, with the Alien franchise straddling the lines between "high" and "low" culture, playing with generic categories, crossing media boundaries, and animating theoretical, critical, and political debates. In so doing, the collection aims to debate Alien's legacy, consider its current position within visual culture, and establish what the series means (and why it still matters) forty years since its birth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Robert Kolker

Introduction / Nathan Abrams and Gregory Frame

Boundaries of Viscerality: A sense of abjection regarding "the perfect organism" / Sara Louise Wheeler

Fractal Patterns out of Chaos in Ridley Scott's Alien, Prometheus and Covenant / Carrie Lynn Evans

The Progeny of H.R. Giger / Christopher L. Robinson

The Unescapable Labyrinth: Archetypal Retrogression and Aesthetic Rigidity in Alien / Kenneth Sloane

"Building Better Worlds": The rise of Alien's online marketing campaigns / Kim Walden

"What The Hell Is That?": A transmedial approach to taxonomic ambiguity and horror affect in the Alien franchise / Zoé N. Wible

From personal files to blueprints: Exploring the Alien universe through epistolary paratexts / Tonguç Ibrahim Sezen

"Must be a chick thing": Ripley, the Alien franchise and the Female Gothic / Frances A. Kamm

Making the Mother: Pro/Creation and Female Agency in the Alien Series / Jonathan A. Rose and Florian Zitzelsberger

Melodrama of the Unknown Woman Lost in Space: A Cavellian Reading of the Alien Franchise / Mario Slugan

Remediating Ripley: Negotiating the patriarchal gaze in the Alien franchise video games / Bronwyn Miller

Hissing in the Airvents: Decoding the Narrative-Verse of Alien: Isolation (2014) / Reuben Martens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Alien legacies

ISBN:

9780197556030

0197556035

9780197556023

0197556027

OCLC:

1353605404

Publisher Number:

99993803998