Screening Science - Vieth, Errol

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Résumé :
Screening Science examines the growth in the influence and power of the scientific paradigm in the fifties, through an examination of the film where such science was discussed, distorted, debated, denigrated, demonized and deified. This exploration reveals a great deal about the concerns of the time, as well as the science that figures so powerfully in the webs of culture of the fifties....

Biographie:
Errol Vieth is currently associate dean for research in the Faculty of Informatics and Communication at Central Queensland University....

Sommaire:

Part 1 Contexts
Chapter 2 Science and Fiction
Chapter 3 The genre according to the critics
Chapter 4 The genre according to the writers
Chapter 5 The boundaries of the science fiction film: Horror and Fantasy
Chapter 6 The genre web and genre threads
Chapter 7 Stars in science fiction
Chapter 8 Special effects and the science fiction film
Chapter 9 Cultural and Historical Contexts
Chapter 10 Grand narratives and the emergence of science fiction
Chapter 11 Change and fear
Chapter 12 The appearance of UFOs
Chapter 13 Hollywood and the Pentagon
Chapter 14 The social context
Chapter 15 Audiences
Chapter 16 Industrial Contexts
Chapter 17 Changes in the industry
Chapter 18 The challenge of television
Chapter 19 The growth of drive-ins
Chapter 20 Case studies
Chapter 21 Special effects artists
Part 22 Science and Scientists
Chapter 23 The (Liberating) Nature and (Rhetorical) Function of Science
Chapter 24 The liberating nature of science
Chapter 25 Change through tertiary education
Chapter 26 Science as dangerous change: The conservative paradigm
Chapter 27 Nuclear holocaust: The responsiblity of science
Chapter 28 The rhetorical function of science
Chapter 29 Medical and Psychological Science
Chapter 30 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Chapter 31 Invaders from Mars
Chapter 32 Amazing Colossal Man
Chapter 33 The Thing