Screening science
Subtitle: contexts, texts, and science in fifties science fiction film
By: Errol Vieth.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Science fiction films -- History and criticism; Science in motion pictures
Description: "This look at the trend of science fiction films in the 1950s reveals the concerns and interests of the generation. The examination of those films tells us a great deal about the decade, as well as the science that figures so powerfully in the cultural web of the fifties."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Filmography: p. 215-242.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I Contexts; title: 1 Science and Fiction; title: The genre according to the critics; title: The genre according to the writers; title: The boundaries of the science fiction film:; title: Horror and fantasy; title: The genre web and genre threads; title: Stars in science fiction; title: Special effects and the science fiction film; title: 2 Cultural and Historical Contexts; title: Grand narratives and the emergence of science fiction; title: Change and fear; title: The appearance of UFOs; title: Hollywood and the Pentagon; title: The social context; title: Audiences; title: 3 Industrial Contexts; title: Changes in the industry; title: The challenge of television; title: The growth of drive-ins; title: Case studies; title: Special effects artists; title: Part II Science and Scientists; title: 4 The (Liberating) Nature and (Rhetorical) Function; title: of Science; title: The liberating nature of science; title: Change through tertiary education; title: Science as dangerous change: The conservative paradigm; title: Nuclear holocaust: The responsibility of science; title: The rhetorical function of science; title: 5 Medical and Psychological Science; title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers; title: Invaders fom Mars; title: Amazing Colossal Man; title: The Thing; title: Epilogue; title: Filmography; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author.