Galaxy Is Rated G

Essays on Children's Science Fiction Film and Television

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvR.C. Neighbors,Sandy Rankin,R. C. Neighbors

469 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings, science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is true of science fiction in children's film and television.This collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, covering such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden--and not-so-hidden--messages presented on our children's film and TV screens.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-08-10
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt6 169 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor292
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786458752

Tillhör följande kategorier

Film inom Kultur
Television inom Kultur

R.C. Neighbors holds degrees in psychology, English and film from the University of Arkansas, Northeastern State University and Hollins University. He currently serves as a Lecturer at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen, Texas. Sandy Rankin is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas. Her publications include poetry, fiction, and essays in such periodicals as Journal of Popular Culture.

Table of ContentsIntroduction. Horizons of Possibility: What We Point to When We Say Science Fiction for Children SANDY RANKIN AND R.C. NEIGHBORSPART 1. D IS FOR DEVIANCEONE. Monsters Among Us: Construction of the Deviant Body in Monsters, Inc. and Lilo & Stitch ELIZABETH LEIGH SCHERMANTWO. Susan Murphy, Ginormica, and Gloria Steinem: Feminist Consciousness-Raising as Science Fiction in Monsters vs. Aliens HOLLY HASSELTHREE. Performing Gender, Performing Romance: Pixar’s WALL-E CAROL A. BERNARDFOUR. Last in Space: The “Black” Hole in Children’s Science Fiction Film DEBBIE C. OLSONFIVE. A Few Beasts Hissed: Buzz Lightyear and the Refusal to Believe DANIEL KENNEFICKPART 2. S IS FOR STRUCTURES OF POWERSIX. Forward to the Past: Anti-Fascist Allegory and “Blitz Spirit” Revisionism in Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. DANIEL O’BRIENSEVEN. The Search for a “More Civilized Age,” or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise R.C. NEIGHBORSEIGHT. Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers JACQUELINE WIEGARDNINE. “Population: Us”: Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant SANDY RANKINTEN. Doctor Who: A Very British Alien J.P.C. BROWNPART 3. F IS FOR FUTURE SHOCKELEVEN. No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy BRIAN COWLISHAWTWELVE. “No One’s Lazy in LazyTown”: The Making of Active Citizens in Preschool Television LYNN WHITAKERTHIRTEEN. Flash Gordon: Remembering a Childhood Hero (Past, Present, Future) PATRICK D. ENRIGHTFOURTEEN. Toys, a T-Rex, and Trouble: Cautionary Tales of Time Travel in Children’s Film KRISTINE LARSENFIFTEEN. “Manmade Mess”: The Critical Dystopia of WALL-E ALEXANDER CHARLES OLIVER HALLSIXTEEN. A Bumbling Bag of Ball Bearings: Lost in Space and the Space Race JONATHAN COHNAbout the Contributors Index