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Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema: Cyborgs, Troopers and Other Men of the Future de Marianne Kac-Vergne

Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema: Cyborgs, Troopers and Other Men of the Future: Library of Gender and Popular Culture

Autor Marianne Kac-Vergne
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 dec 2017
If science fiction stages the battle between humans and non-humans, whether alien or machine, who is elected to fight for us? In the classics of science fiction cinema, humanity is nearly always represented by a male, and until recently, a white male. Spanning landmark American films from Blade Runner to Avatar, this major new study offers the first ever analysis of masculinity in science fiction cinema. It uncovers the evolution of masculine heroes from the 1980s until the present day, and the roles played by their feminine counterparts. Considering gender alongside racial and class politics, Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema also situates filmic examples within the broader culture. It is indispensable for understanding science fiction and its role in contemporary cultural politics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781780767482
ISBN-10: 178076748X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 20 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Seria Library of Gender and Popular Culture

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Analyses landmark American films such as Blade Runner (1982) and Avatar (2009)

Notă biografică

Marianne Kac-Vergne is Lecturer at the Universite de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France, where she teaches courses in American cultural history at graduate and undergraduate levels. Her research focuses on gender and genre in American cinema, and she has published and presented on masculinity and femininity in science fiction, romantic comedy and western films. Previously, she was Assistant Professor at the Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Cuprins

Introduction1. Vulnerable Hypermasculinity2. Dystopia and Class War3. Sidelining Women4. 'White Folks Ain't Planning for Us to Be Here'5. Redefining Masculinity in Times of "Crisis"Afterword: The gender politics of Science Fiction BlockbustersBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

[A] very readable and insightful volume. With Kac-Vergne's study in hand, the field of masculinity and sf cinema studies is well poised to tackle films in the next era of sf blockbusters.
Compelling . This book will be of value to researchers of science fiction and gender studies and beyond. Kac-Vergne successfully demonstrates that representations of masculinity in contemporary science fiction have evolved, but with the caveat that the white man remains the genre's representative of humanity, perpetuating the sidelining of women and racial minorities.
Kac-Vergne's book is uniformly engaging and often exhilarating as she exposes both the consistent shortcomings of Hollywood and the frequent efforts of filmmakers to subvert the hegemonic order.
Specifically focusing on hegemonic masculinity as a set normative system that the films maintain, trouble or threaten to upheave, the author's historical approach guides the reader through evolving and reproduced notions of masculinity in Hollywood science fiction films. Each of the historicised case studies is supported effectively by close textual analysis.
A must read about gender politics in popular culture, this is a revealing and original historical study about constructed male identities in the flourishing genre of science fiction. Marianne Kac-Vergne eloquently coins key developments in the depiction of (hyper)masculinity in Hollywood blockbusters and traces the 1980s heroes with bulging muscles and hard bodies to the twenty-first century- sci-fi-species equipped with clever minds and a heart. The only staple: women stay on the sidelines while hegemonic masculinity rules. In the current political climate Kac-Vergne teaches us invaluable new insights to engage with the ideas of race and gender in mainstream film.
Marianne Kac-Vergne's Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema: Cyborgs, Troopers and Other Men of the Future is a brilliant analysis of contemporary science fiction cinema. It will appeal to academics and students in film studies, gender studies, and cultural studies alike: its smart contextualisations, subtle commentary of intertexts and astute close readings, combined with strong intersectional analyses of the masculinity in these well-known films will prompt re-viewing in another light. Broader audiences will find this is a highly enjoyable read, with a dose of wit and wry humour. This is truly a must-read for anyone who watches, studies, or indeed, makes science fiction films today.