Black Space
Subtitle: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: March 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780292716971
Subjects: Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book
Description: "Science fiction film offers its viewers many pleasures, not least of which is the possibility of imagining other worlds in which very different forms of society exist. Not surprisingly, however, these alternative worlds often become spaces in which filmmakers and film audiences can explore issues of concern in our own society. Through an analysis of over thirty canonic science fiction (SF) films, including Logan's Run, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Gattaca, and Minority Report, Black Space offers a thorough-going investigation of how SF film since the 1950s has dealt with the issue of race and specifically with the representation of blackness."--Google Books viewed November 17, 2020.