商品簡介
Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society's aspirations and anxieties—a science fiction setting for exploring our “future history.” Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in movies about mars—attitudes about women, fear of government, environmental issues—and how these depictions changed over time. A complete filmography provides a concise summary of each film discussed.
作者簡介
O’Brien Stanley is a professor of film studies in the Department of Communication at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. His interests include TV and film genre studies, science fiction film, and Super-8 film production and preservation. Nicki L. Michalski is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Her areas of study include popular culture, spiritual communication and rhetoric. Lane “Doc” Roth recently retired from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, where he was an associate professor. His primary interests are the depth psychology of Carl Jung and classic American film. Steven J. Zani is a professor of Comparative Literature currently serving as an academic dean at the American University of Ras al Khaimah, in the Arab Emirates. An interdisciplinary researcher and teacher, he publishes and teaches over a wide range of literature, philosophy, and critical theory topics, including popular culture, biblical hermeneutics, romanticism and Freudian psychoanalysis.
