Worlds of Back to the Future

Critical Essays on the Films

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

385 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

A critical examination of the cultural, cinematic, and historical contexts of the Back to the Future trilogy, this book provides a multi-focal representation of the trilogy from several interdisciplinary fields, including philosophy, literature, music, pop culture, and media and gender studies. Topics include sexual symbolism in the trilogy and the oedipal plotting of the first film; nostalgia and the suburban dream in the cultural climate of the 1980s; generic play and performance throughout the trilogy; the emotional and narrative force provided by the films' renowned musical scores; the trilogy's post-modern references and allusions to the Western genre; female representations across the trilogy; and the Lacanian philosophical constructs in the characterizations of Doc Brown and George and Marty McFly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786444007

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American Studies, and founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Recensioner i media

“provides a fine set of college-level, critical essays examining the cultural and historical importance of the Back to the Future trilogy.... Any science fiction or film collection will find this an outstanding survey packed with insights perfect for a film analysis course in general or any close examination of the three movies”—Midwest Book Review.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: It’s About TimeSORCHA NÍ FHLAINN 1. Back to the Future: Edipus as Time TravelerANDREW GORDON 2. “You Space Bastard! You killed my pines!”: Back to the Future, Nostalgia and the Suburban DreamBERNICE M. MURPHY 3. “Don’t you think it’s about time?”: Back to the Future in Black and WhiteSTEPHEN MATTERSON 4. “There’s something very familiar about all this”: Generic Play and Performance in the Back to the Future TrilogyLUCY FIFE DONALDSON 5. Bury My Heart in Hill Valley, or, The Kid Who KO’d Liberty ValanceJOHN EXSHAW 6. Music in Flux: Musical Transformation and Time Travel in Back to the FutureCHRISTINE LEE GENGARO 7. Back to the Fifties! Fixing the FutureELIZABETH MCCARTHY 8. “Mom! You look so thin!”: Constructions of Femininity Across the Space-Time ContinuumKATHERINE FARRIMOND 9. Ronald Reagan and the Rhetoric of Traveling Back to the Future: The Zemeckis Aesthetic as Revisionist History and Conservative FantasyCHRISTOPHER JUSTICE 10. “This is what makes time travel possible”: The Generation(s) of Revolutionary Master Signifiers in Back to the FutureMICHAEL WILLIAMS 11. Showdown at the Café ’80’s: The Back to the Future Trilogy as Baudrillardian ParableRANDY LAIST 12. “Doing it in style”: The Narrative Rules of Time Travel in the Back to the Future TrilogyJENNIFER HARWOOD-SMITH and FRANCIS LUDLOW About the Contributors Index -+