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Critical Theory And Science Fiction

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Author : Carl Freedman
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-01

Critical Theory And Science Fiction written by Carl Freedman and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory. Carl Freedman traces the fundamental and mostly unexamined relationships between the discourses of science fiction and critical theory, arguing that science fiction is (or ought to be) a privileged genre for critical theory. He asserts that it is no accident that the upsurge of academic interest in science fiction since the 1970s coincides with the heyday of literary theory, and that likewise science fiction is one of the most theoretically informed areas of the literary profession. Extended readings of novels by five of the most important modern science fiction authors illustrate the affinity between science fiction and critical theory, in each case concentrating on one major novel that resonates with concerns proper to critical theory. Freedman's five readings are: Solaris: Stanislaw Lem and the Structure of Cognition; The Dispossessed: Ursula LeGuin and the Ambiguities of Utopia; The Two of Them: Joanna Russ and the Violence of Gender; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Samuel Delany and the Dialectics of Difference; The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Construction of Realities.

Critical Theory And Science Fiction

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Author : Vivian E. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Release Date : 2010-07

Critical Theory And Science Fiction written by Vivian E. Jackson and has been published by Hillcrest Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07 with Education categories.

"Critical Theory and Science Fiction: A Lens Into Technology in Education," looks to show that reflection is our quantum leap into a past that provides the reasons for our challenges in education. Through reflection, we gain perspectives on how to best change a future that will ultimately become our history. "This text is an important and much-needed contribution to the study and analysis of the issues of technology and science fiction and their relationship to curriculum as well as the broader field of education. Jackson develops a critical theory of technology. Rather than simply accepting technological advancements, the work demystifies and questions the impacts of technology in new, critical, insightful, and exciting ways. A must-read." -William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University, "Curriculum: A River Runs Through It" "Using science fiction as a way to look at contemporary education philosophy and practice would seem an unlikely technique, and so it is likely to succeed. Science fiction remains remarkably advanced over the education establishment, which like the military is always getting ready to deal with the previous situation. Utopia-Gr., u-topos-means nowhere, or, moving the space, now here. Only the arts anticipate the future because only the artist lives in the present." -Eric McLuhan, "The Role of Thunder in Finnegans Wake, and Laws of Media: The New Science" (Marshall McLuhan, co-author)

Science Fiction

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Author : Patrick Parrinder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-25

Science Fiction written by Patrick Parrinder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Fiction categories.

First published in 1979. This volume presents Science Fiction as a coherent system, not as a collection of facts or random sequence of individual voices. The contributors are concerned with less with surveying the bare facts of the genre than with interpretating their significance. They attempt to establish the common properties of Science Fiction writing whether in the treatment of a theme or in SF of a given period or nationality.

The Mouse Machine

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Author : J P. Telotte
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2008-06-18

The Mouse Machine written by J P. Telotte and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-18 with Performing Arts categories.

Throughout Disney's phenomenally successful run in the entertainment industry, the company has negotiated the use of cutting-edge film and media technologies that, J. P. Telotte argues, have proven fundamental to the company's identity. Disney's technological developments include the use of stereophonic surround sound for Fantasia, experimentation with wide-screen technology, inaugural adoption of three-strip Technicolor film, and early efforts at fostering depth in the animated image. Telotte also chronicles Disney's partnership with television, development of the theme park, and depiction of technology in science-fiction narratives. An in-depth discussion of Disney's shift into digital filmmaking with its Pixar partnership and an emphasis on digital special effects in live-action films, such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, also highlight the studio's historical investment in technology. By exploring the technological context for Disney creations throughout its history, The Mouse Machine illuminates Disney's extraordinary growth into one of the largest and most influential media and entertainment companies in the world. Hardbook is unjacketed.

Science Fiction Film

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Author : Keith M. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2013-05-09

Science Fiction Film written by Keith M. Johnston and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-09 with Performing Arts categories.

Science Fiction Film develops a historical and cultural approach to the genre that moves beyond close readings of iconography and formal conventions. It explores how this increasingly influential genre has been constructed from disparate elements into a hybrid genre. Science Fiction Film goes beyond a textual exploration of these films to place them within a larger network of influences that includes studio politics and promotional discourses. The book also challenges the perceived limits of the genre - it includes a wide range of films, from canonical SF, such as Le voyage dans la lune, Star Wars and Blade Runner, to films that stretch and reshape the definition of the genre. This expansion of generic focus offers an innovative approach for students and fans of science fiction alike.

The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction

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Author : Edward James
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-20

The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction written by Edward James and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-20 with Literary Criticism categories.

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Science Fiction

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Author : Adam Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11

Science Fiction written by Adam Roberts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with History categories.

In Science Fiction Adam Roberts offers a clear and critically engaging account of the phenomenon illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its continuing history.

Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand

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Author : Samuel R. Delany
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-15

Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand written by Samuel R. Delany and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-15 with Fiction categories.

The story of a truly galactic civilization with over 6,000 inhabited worlds.

Science Fiction And Cultural Theory

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Author : Sherryl Vint
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Science Fiction And Cultural Theory written by Sherryl Vint and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Literature and society categories.

This book combines key theoretical statements that have become touchstones for work in the field with more recent theoretical inventions that showcase how theoretical paradigms central to science fiction such as posthumanism and mediation have become central to critical theory overall in the twenty-first century

Technologized Desire

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Author : D. Harlan Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Technologized Desire written by D. Harlan Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Literary Criticism categories.

In Technologized Desire, D. Harlan Wilson measures the evolution of the human condition as it has been represented by postcapitalist science fiction, which has consistently represented the body and subjectivity as ultraviolent, pathological phenomena. Operating under the assumption that selfhood is a technology--i.e. a creative projection from the body encompassing everything from language to electronic machinery--Wilson studies the emergence of selfhood in philosophy (Deleuze & Guattari), fiction (William S. Burroughs' cut-up novels and Max Barry's Jennifer Government), and cinema (Army of Darkness, Vanilla Sky, and the Matrix trilogy) in an attempt to portray the schizophrenic rigor of twenty-first century mediatized life. We are obligated by the pathological unconscious to always choose to be enslaved by capital and its hi-tech arsenal. The universe of consumer-capitalism, Wilson argues, is an illusory prison from which there is no escape--despite the fact that it is illusory.