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For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone.

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Bakhtin, Stalin, and Modern Russian Fiction presents an advanced introduction to the work of the Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism, and historicism.

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This work is a wide-ranging survey of American children's film that provides detailed analysis of the political implications of these films, as well as a discussion of how movies intended for children have come to be so persistently charged with meaning.

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Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large.

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This reference overviews dystopian theory and summarizes and analyzes numerous dystopian works.

By reviewing the critical thought of particular dystopian theorists, the beginning of the volume provides a theoretical context for the remainder of the book.

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Focusing on the intersection of literature and politics since the beginning of the 20th century, this book examines authors, historical figures, major literary and political works, national literatures, and literary movements to reveal the intrinsic links between literature and history.

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Since the first Superman film came to the screen in 1978, films adapted from comics have become increasingly important as a film form.

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While literary utopias depict an ideal society and reflect an optimistic belief in the triumph of humanity and government, dystopias present a society marked by suffering caused by human and political evils. Later chapters consider dystopias after World War II, contemporary communist dystopias, and postmodernist dystopias in the West.

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Reassesses the work of James Joyce, especially Ulysses, in light of postcolonial and Marxist literary theory, and explores the influence of Cold War anticommunism on previous reading of Joyce in the West.

Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium.