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A lively and stimulating look at representations, mutations and adaptations of 'the alien' in literature, film and television. Using notions of the alien and alienation in a broadly defined sense, the contributors cover early science fiction, from the gothic aliens of Dracula and H.G. Wells, to the classic fifties Cold War sci-fi movies, such as War of the Worlds, twentieth-century reworkings of various 'alien' metaphors, such as the Fly movies and the Alien series, and comic variations on the theme such as Mars Attacks. Moving beyond the conventional genre boundaries of the alien, particular essays look, too, at 'race' as an alien condition, and at the use of illness and disease as a metaphor for alienation in modern film and fiction. Alien Identities is a timely, carefully themed and much-needed study of an increasingly popular subject.
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'An inventive collection of essays' -- SCOPE: An online journal of film studies
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Deborah Cartmell is a Principal Lecturer in English at De Montfort University.
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- PublisherPluto Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0745314058
- ISBN 13 9780745314051
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
- EditorCartmell Deborah, Hunter I. Q., Kaye Heidi, Whelehan Imelda
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