The galaxy is rated G
Subtitle: essays on children's science fiction film and television
By: edited by R. C. Neighbors and Sandy Rankin
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780786458752
Subjects: Science fiction films; Science fiction television programs; History and criticism; Children's films; Children's television programs
Description: "These essays analyze the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, handling such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden messages presented on film and TV screens"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Horizons of possibility: What We Point to When We Say Science Fiction for Children / Sandy Rankin and R.C. Neighbors; title: Deviance and Beyond. Monsters Among Us: Construction of the Deviant Body in Monsters, Inc. and Lilo & Stitch / Elizabeth Leigh Scherman; title: Susan Murphy, Ginormica, and Gloria Steinem: Feminist Consciousness-Raising as Science Fiction in Monsters vs. Aliens / Holly Hassel; title: Performing Gender, Performing Romance: Pixar's WALL-E / Carol A. Bernard; title: Last in Space: The "Black" Hole in Children's Science Fiction Film / Debbie C. Olson; title: A Few Beasts Hissed: Buzz Lightyear and the Refusal to Believe / Daniel Kennefick; title: Structures of Power and Beyond. Forward to the Past: Anti-Fascist Allegory and "Blitz Spirit" Revisionism in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. / Daniel O'Brien; title: The Search for "a More Civilized Age," or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise / R.C. Neighbors; title: Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers / Jacqueline Wiegard; title: "Population: Us": Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant / Sandy Rankin; title: Doctor Who: A Very British Alien / J.P.C. Brown; title: Future Shock and Beyond. No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy / Brian Cowlishaw; title: "No One's Lazy in LazyTown": The Making of Active Citizens in Preschool Television /; title: Lynn whitaker; title: flash gordon: remembering a childhood hero / Patrick D. Enright; title: Toys, a t-rex, and trouble: cautionary tales of time travel in children's film; title: Kristine larsen; title: "manmade mess": the critical dystopia of wall-e / Alexander Charles Oliver Hall; title: A Bumbling Bag of Ball Bearings: Lost in Space and the Space Race / Jonathan Cohn.