Close Encounters: Film, Feminism, and Science Ficiton
Publishing Details
Close Encounters: Film, Feminism, and Science Ficiton
By (Author) Constance Penley
Edited by Elisabeth Lyon
Edited by Lynn Spigel
Edited by Janet Bergstrom
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
11th January 1991
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Film history, theory or criticism
791.43656
Physical Properties
310
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
Janet Bergstrom is a professor in the Department of Television and Film Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
