Alternate Americas; science fiction film and American culture.0275983951 Alternate Americas; science fiction film and American culture. Booker, M. Keith. Praeger 2006 274 pages $49.95 Hardcover PN1995 In this cultural history of American science fiction cinema, Booker (English, U. of Arkansas) has selected fifteen works for examination: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet This article or section may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted images and/or audio files. Please review the use of non-free media according to policy and guidelines, correct any violations, then remove this tag once compliant. See the talk page for details. , Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Robocop, The Abyss, Independence Day, and The Matrix. For each he provides a summary of the plot, discussion of some of the more important filmic film·ic adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of movies; cinematic. film  i·cal·ly adv. achievements, and consideration of how the
films concerns relate to American history and culture. For example,
following the summary of the plot of Planet of the Apes, he describes
the achievement of the ape costumes, followed by discussion of how the
film reflected concerns about racial hierarchies, the illegitimacy illegitimacy: see bastard. Illegitimacy bend sinister supposed stigma of illegitimate birth. [Heraldry: Misc.] Clinker, Humphry servant of Bramble family turns out to be illegitimate son of Mr. Bramble. [Br. Lit. of the House Un-American Activities Committee House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee (1938–75) of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. , and the ignorance of the Scopes Monkey Trial The criminal prosecution of John T. Scopes was an attack by citizens of Dayton, Tennessee, on a Tennessee statute that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools. The Butler Act, passed in early 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly, punished public school teachers who taught . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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