Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture

by M. Keith Booker and Keith Keith Booker

Book Overview

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. On a deeper level, the genre has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in American society, so that a history of science fiction film also serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century.

M. Keith Booker has selected fifteen of the most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275983951
• ISBN13: 9780275983956
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"