Title:
The Cambridge companion to American science fiction / edited by Eric Carl Link, University of Memphis, Gerry Canavan, Marquette University.
Author:
Link, Eric Carl, editor.
Canavan, Gerry, editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
PS374.S35 C36 2015
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9781107052468
9781107694279
Series:
Cambridge companions to literature
Cambridge companions to literature.
Physical Description:
xxx, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject Term:
Contents:
The mightiest machine: the development of American science fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s / Dangerous visions: new-wave and post-new-wave science fiction / American science fiction after 9/11 / Afrofuturism in American science fiction / Feminist and queer science fiction in America / The futures market: American utopias / American slipstream: science fiction and literary respectability / Hollywood science fiction / US superpower and superpowered Americans in science fiction and comic books / Digital games and science fiction Patrick Jagoda; Fandom and fan culture / American frontiers John Rieder; Science, technology and the environment / American weird / After America
