Alien Zone: Cultural Theory & Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
by Kuhn, Annette, ed
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Verso, London, 1990. 23.5 x 15.5cms, 231pp, very good paperback & cover, tanned pages This book provides a critical cultural account of the genre of the science fiction film. Some of the themes explored are: the mise-en-scene of future worlds; the myth of masculine mastery of nature; "otherness" in the figures of the alien or the humanoid machine; power & authority & their relation to technology.
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Annette Kuhn ’s books include Alien Zone: Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema; Cinema, Censorship and Sexuality; The Power of the Image: Essays on Representation and Sexuality ; and Women’s Pictures: Feminism and Cinema . She is lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Glasgow University.
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- Alien Zone: Cultural Theory & Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
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- Kuhn, Annette, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Verso, London, 1990
- Keywords
- Criticism Film Movies
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.