Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster: Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron
Author:   Mark T. Decker
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   08 March 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
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Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster: Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron


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Author:   Mark T. Decker
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786499113


ISBN 10:   0786499117
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   08 March 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Big-Budget Science Fiction Film and Profitable Social Critique 2. Creating Cleverly Subversive Science Fiction Universes 3. George Lucas Battles the Empire of Unfreedom in American Graffiti and the Star Wars Films 4. Ridley Scott Takes On Apparently Evil Corporations in Alien, Blade Runner and Prometheus 5. James Cameron Reforms the Company Man in Terminator and T2 6. Cameron’s Questioners: ­Two-Dimensional Protagonists in Aliens, Titanic and Avatar Afterword: The Cultural ­Half-Life of Subversive Blockbusters Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Mark T. Decker is an associate professor and the assistant chair of Bloomsburg University’s Department of English. His publications include articles on George Lucas’ Star Wars films and John Carpenter’s They Live.

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