The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience. The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience. Science fiction in America has long served to reflect the country's hopes, desires, ambitions, and fears. The ideas and conventions associated with science fiction are pervasive throughout American film and television, comics and visual arts, games and gaming, and fandom, as well as across the culture writ large. Through essays that address not only the history of science fiction in America but also the influence and significance of American science fiction throughout media and fan culture, this companion serves as a key resource for scholars, teachers, students, and fans of science fiction. Copyright Contents Introduction PART I: Histories and Contexts 1 The Mightiest Machine: The Development of American Science Fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s 2 Dangerous Visions: New Wave and Post–New Wave Science Fiction 3 American Science Fiction after 9/11 4 Afrofuturism in American Science Fiction 5 Feminist and Queer Science Fiction in America 6 The Futures Market: American Utopias PART II: Media and Form 7 American Slipstream: Science Fiction and Literary Respectability 8 Hollywood Science Fiction 9 U.S. Superpower and Superpowered Americans in Science Fiction and Comic Books 10 Digital Games and Science Fiction 11 Fandom and Fan Culture PART III: Themes and Perspectives 12 American Frontiers 13 Science, Technology, and the Environment 14 American Weird 15 After America Пустая страница Пустая страница "The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience. Science fiction in America has long served to reflect the country's hopes, desires, ambitions, and fears. The ideas and conventions associated with science fiction are pervasive throughout American film and television, comics and visual arts, games and gaming, and fandom, as well as across the culture writ large. Through essays that address not only the history of science fiction in America but also the influence and significance of American science fiction throughout media and fan culture, this companion serves as a key resource for scholars, teachers, students, and fans of science fiction"-- Provided by publisher