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Author:   Matthew Wilhelm Kapell ,  Stephen McVeigh
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9780786462797

ISBN 10:   0786462795
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   26 September 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      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 goddamn 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      About the Contributors      Index     

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a noteworthy and important addition to a lively ongoing conversation --The Journal of Popular Culture; the book clearly explores how Cameron's films are a construction of their times, responding to a wide range of political cultural, and social influences --Science Fiction Studies.

a noteworthy and important addition to a lively ongoing conversation --<i>The Journal of Popular Culture</i>; the book clearly explores how Cameron's films are a construction of their times, responding to a wide range of political cultural, and social influences --<i>Science Fiction Studies</i>.

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Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York. Stephen McVeigh is a lecturer in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University. He has written extensively on the representation of war in film and literature.

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