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| Gattung/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Physisches Format | Print version: Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm. Films of James Cameron : Critical Essays. Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ©2011 |
| Name: | James Cameron; James Cameron; James Cameron; James Cameron |
| Medienart: | Dokument, Internetquelle |
| Dokumenttyp | Internet-Ressource, Computerdatei |
| Alle Autoren: |
Matthew Kapell; Stephen McVeigh |
| ISBN: | 9780786487547 0786487542 |
| OCLC-Nummer: | 756484492 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) |
| Inhalt: | Introduction: persistence of visions-approaching the films of James Cameron / Stephen McVeigh and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell -- Surveying James Cameron's reluctant political commentaries: 1984-2009 / Stephen McVeigh and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell -- Fighting the history wars on the big screen: from The terminator to Avatar / Ace G. Pilkington -- "She's a goddam liar": perspectives on the truth in Aliens and Titanic / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- Art, image and spectacle in high concept cinema / Bruce Isaacs -- "You have to look with better eyes than that": a filmmaker's ambivalence to technology / Elizabeth Rosen -- "So what's your story?" morphing myths and feminizing archetypes from The terminator to Avatar / Dean Conrad -- Between Aliens and Avatar: mapping the shifting terrain of the struggle for women's rights / Elisa Narminio and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell -- Terminators, Aliens, and Avatars: the emergence of archetypal homosexual themes in a filmmaker's imagination / Roger Kaufman -- "I see you": colonial narratives and the act of seeing in Avatar / John James and Tom Ue -- Gonzalo Guerrero and the Maya resistance to the Spanish Conquistadors: a sixteenth century "Avatar" of Avatar / C. Scott Littleton -- Conclusion: seeing the films of James Cameron mythically / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Stephen McVeigh. |
| Verfasserangabe: | edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Stephen McVeigh. |
Abstract:
"The works of James Cameron have had a profound effect upon popular culture and the technology of moviemaking. This collection of essays on Cameron's films, written by a diverse group of scholars from a wide range of disciplines, provides a comprehensive exploration of the work and legacy of one of America's foremost filmmakers"--Provided by publisher.
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