CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xii
6. 1. INTRODUCTION: THE FORMATION OF THE GENRE 1
7. 2. SCIENCE FICTION FILMS IN THE 1950s 29
8. 3. SPACED OUT: BETWEEN THE ‘GOLDEN YEARS’ 75
9. 4. THE MASCULINE SUBJECT OF SCIENCE FICTION IN THE 1980s BLOCKBUSTER ERA 111
10. 5. GENDER BLENDING AND THE FEMININE SUBJECT IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM 145
11. 6. ALIEN OTHERS: RACE AND THE SCIENCE FICTION FILM 175
12. 7. GENERIC PERFORMANCE AND SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA 215
13. 8. CONCLUSION: THE TECHNOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA 247
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 282
15. FILMS CITED 289
16. INDEX 295