Close Encounters by Constance Penley

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Close Encounters by Constance Penley

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Summary

Offers critical interpretations of science fiction as represented in film, television and other non-literary media. Ranging from historical analysis to psychoanalytic critiques, and from avant-garde films to television sitcoms, the book addresses science fiction in terms of "sexual difference".

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Close Encounters by Constance Penley

Close Encounters was first published in 1991. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Offers new critical approaches to science fiction as represented in film, television, fan culture, and other non-literary media. Addresses the way conventional notions of sexual difference are reworked by science fiction film. Includes the complete script of Peter Wollen's 1987 film Friendship's Death. Contributors: Raymond Bellour, Janet Bergstrom, Roger Dadoun, Harvey R. Greenberg, M.D., Henry Jenkins III, Enno Patalas, Constance Penley, Vivian Sobchak, Lynn Spigel, and Peter Wollen.

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ISBN 13 9780816619122
ISBN 10 0816619123
Title Close Encounters
Author Constance Penley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Year published 1991-01-11
Number of pages 310
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.