Description
The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film offers critical insights into SF far beyond the more common Anglo-American narratives. Contributors take either a national or transnational approach, and stretch the geographic and conceptual boundaries of science fiction cinema. Recurrent themes include genre discussions, engagement with Hollywood, and the international subgenre of science fiction parody. Chapters contain a variety of perspectives and styles: from gender and race studies, to the eco-critical, and the post-colonial; from the avant-garde, to socialist realism, and the Hammer film. Edited by Sonja Fritzsche, the collection contains fourteen chapters written by specialists from around the world. Film traditions represented include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There is also a chapter on digital shorts. From the dinosaur myth that became Godzilla to Brazilian science fiction comedy, from China's Death Ray to Kenya's Pumzi, this book will broaden the horizons of scholars and students of science fiction.
About the Author
Sonja Fritzsche is Professor of German Studies at Michigan State University.
Reviews
'A welcome and overdue addition to the critical discourse surrounding science fiction cinema. This book provides an important point of entry for those academics and students who wish to broaden their understanding of science fiction film as a global phenomenon rather than simply as a Hollywood or Anglophone practice.'
Peter Wright, Edge Hill University
Awards
Winner of Society for Cinema and Media Studies - Best Essay in an Edited Collection Award (Evan Torner chapter) 2015 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781781380383
Author Sonja Fritzsche
Format Hardback
Page Count 290
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Series Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
About the Author
Sonja Fritzsche is Professor of German Studies at Michigan State University.
Reviews
'A welcome and overdue addition to the critical discourse surrounding science fiction cinema. This book provides an important point of entry for those academics and students who wish to broaden their understanding of science fiction film as a global phenomenon rather than simply as a Hollywood or Anglophone practice.'
Peter Wright, Edge Hill University
Awards
Winner of Society for Cinema and Media Studies - Best Essay in an Edited Collection Award (Evan Torner chapter) 2015 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781781380383
Author Sonja Fritzsche
Format Hardback
Page Count 290
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Series Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
