The Worlds of Back to the Future : Critical Essays on the Films

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. scans2012 - 240a 1 scans2012 - 240b 2 scans2012 - 241a 3 scans2012 - 241b 4 scans2012 - 242a 5 scans2012 - 242b 6 scans2012 - 243a 7 scans2012 - 243b 8 scans2012 - 244a 9 scans2012 - 244b 10 scans2012 - 245a 11 scans2012 - 245b 12 scans2012 - 246a 13 scans2012 - 246b 14 scans2012 - 247a 15 scans2012 - 247b 16 scans2012 - 248a 17 scans2012 - 248b 18 scans2012 - 249a 19 scans2012 - 249b 20 scans2012 - 250a 21 scans2012 - 250b 22 scans2012 - 251a 23 scans2012 - 251b 24 scans2012 - 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Introduction : It's About Time / Sorcha Ní Fhlainn -- Back To The Future : Îdipus As Time Traveler / Andrew Gordon -- You Space Bastard! You Killed My Pines! : Back To The Future, Nostalgia And The Suburban Dream / Bernice M. Murphy -- Don't You Think It's About Time?: Back To The Future In Black And White / Stephen Matterson -- There's Something Very Familiar About All This : Generic Play And Performance In The Back To The Future Trilogy / Lucy Fife Donaldson -- Bury My Heart In Hill Valley, Or, The Kid Who Ko'd Liberty Valance / John Exshaw -- Music In Flux : Musical Transformation And Time Travel In Back To The Future / Christine Lee Gengaro -- Back To The Fifties! Fixing The Future / Elizabeth Mccarthy -- Mom! You Look So Thin! : Constructions Of Femininity Across The Space-time Continuum / Katherine Farrimond -- Ronald Reagan And The Rhetoric Of Traveling Back To The Future : The Zemeckis Aesthetic As Revisionist History And Conservative Fantasy / Christopher Justice -- This Is What Makes Time Travel Possible : The Generation(s) Of Revolutionary Master Signifiers In Back To The Future / Michael Williams -- Showdown At The Café '80's: The Back To The Future Trilogy As Baudrillardian Parable / Randy Laist -- Doing It In Style : The Narrative Rules Of Time Travel In The Back To The Future Trilogy / Jennifer Harwood-smith And Francis Ludlow. Edited By Sorcha Ní Fhlainn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction : it's about time / Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Back to the future : Îdipus as time traveler / Andrew Gordon "You space bastard! you killed my pines!" : Back to the future, nostalgia and the suburban dream / Bernice M. Murphy "Don't you think it's about time?": Back to the future in black and white / Stephen Matterson "There's something very familiar about all this" : generic play and performance in the Back to the future trilogy / Lucy Fife Donaldson Bury my heart in Hill Valley, or, the kid who KO'd Liberty Valance / John Exshaw Music in flux : musical transformation and time travel in Back to the future / Christine Lee Gengaro Back to the Fifties! fixing the future / Elizabeth McCarthy "Mom! you look so thin!" : constructions of femininity across the space-time continuum / Katherine Farrimond Ronald Reagan and the rhetoric of traveling back to the future : the Zemeckis aesthetic as revisionist history and conservative fantasy / Christopher Justice "This is what makes time travel possible" : the generation(s) of revolutionary master Signifiers in Back to the future / Michael Williams Showdown at the Cafe '80's: the Back to the future trilogy as Baudrillardian parable / Randy Laist "Doing it in style" : the narrative rules of time travel in the Back to the future trilogy / Jennifer Harwood-Smith and Francis Ludlow.