Gendering Science Fiction Films [electronic resource] : Invaders from the Suburbs /
George, S.author.
In the 1950s, science fiction invasion films played a complicated part in supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, white Americans' excitement and anxiety about social and political issues, George shows how they often played out as another round in the battle of the sexes.
Includes filmography (pages 181-185).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
Introduction: gendering science fiction invasion films -- Science fiction blue prints for Cold War gender roles: mystique models and team players -- Saturday matinee cautionary tales: science fiction vamps and promethean scientists -- Invasion from within: mom, the nuclear family, and suburban masculinity -- "I'm not the monster here!": working women after Rosie's retirement and the men they work with -- Postwar prototypes: alternative heroes and progressive men -- Keep watching the screens: gender in fifties science fiction films and beyond.
In the 1950s, science fiction invasion films played a complicated part in supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, white Americans' excitement and anxiety about social and political issues, George shows how they often played out as another round in the battle of the sexes.
Communication.
Motion pictures—History.
Civilization—History.
Social history.
Motion pictures and television.
Arts.
Media Studies.
Film History.
Cultural History.
Social History.
Screen Studies.
Arts.