Gendering Science Fiction Films

Invaders from the Suburbs
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-45810-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 193 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2679 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

George, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Gendering Science Fiction Invasion Films 2. Science Fiction Blue Prints for Cold War Gender Roles: Mystique Models and Team Players 3. Saturday Matinee Cautionary Tales: Science Fiction Vamps and Promethean Scientists 4. Invasion from Within: Mom, the Nuclear Family, and Suburban Masculinity 5. 'I'm Not the Monster Here!': Working Women after Rosie's Retirement and the Men They Work With 6. Post-War Prototypes: Alternative Heroes and Progressive Men 7. Keep Watching the Screens: Gender in Fifties Science Fiction Films and Beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Susan A. George is Lecturer in the Karen Merritt Writing Program at the University of California, Merced, USA.