Joss Whedon's Big Damn Movie

Essays on Serenity

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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When Joss Whedon's television show Firefly (2002-2003) was cancelled, devoted fans cried foul and demanded more--which led to the 2005 feature film Serenity. Both the series and the film were celebrated for their melding of science fiction and western iconography, dystopian settings, underdog storylines, and clever fast-paced dialogue.Firefly has garnered a great deal of scholarly attention--less so, Serenity. This collection of new essays, the first focusing exclusively on the film, examines its depictions of race, ableism, social engineering and systems of power, and its status as a crime film, among other topics.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-03-26
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWorlds of Whedon
Antal sidor242
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476671994

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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Spotlight on SerenityA Reaver in the Writers Room: The Cannibal Approach to Box Office Fear (London Brickley) Completion of Character and Relationship in Serenity (S. Evan Kreider) Death in the ’Verse (H.S. Hobma) Cassandra Revisited: River Tam, Hysteria and the Politics of Ecstatic Revenge (Aviva Dove-Viebahn) “Better worlds”: Western Heroes and the Civilized ’Verse (Frederick Blichert) The Miranda Job: Serenity as Crime Film (Ina Rae Hark) Overconsumption, the Natural Environment and Lessons from Earth-That-Was (Eric Benson) “Eat them all the time/Let them blow your mind”: River and the Unacknowledged Corporate Hand in Serenity (Erin Giannini) Failed Experiment: Miranda and the Critique of Social Engineering(Andrew Howe) Miranda: Conflicting Anxieties, Ableism and Population Health(Max Ferguson) “She’s a creature of extraordinary grace”: Resistance Through Dance to the Myth of “Civilized Cultures”(Joel Hawkes)“The Indians ride over the hill”: Revisiting “On the Paradoxical Construction of the Reavers” (Agnes B. Curry) Unspeakable Darkness: Truth, Power and the Taboo of Race (Renee St. Louis)Paint It Red (and Black and Blue): How Joss Whedon and Jack N. Green Created the Bruised, Beautiful Look of Serenity (K. Brenna Wardell) Spaceships as Soundscapes in Serenity(Holly Randell-Moon and Arthur J. Randell) About the ContributorsIndex