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A Critical Companion to James Cameron
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2018
Summary
This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91), Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), The Abyss (1989), and True Lies (1994), and a series of documentaries on the depths of the ocean or on the tomb of Christ. Cameronʼs major productions have an immense and enduring popularity throughout the globe and have attracted both public and critical attention. This volume investigates several distinct areas of Cameronʼs works and addresses the different approaches and topics invited by the multidimensionality of the subject itself: the philosophical, the artistic, the socio-cultural and the personal. The methodologies adopted by the contributors differ significantly from each other, thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of Cameronʼs oeuvre. Contrary to the numerous volumes published in the past on the subject, each chapter offers specific case studies that have been previously ignored, or only partially mentioned, by other scholars.
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Copyright year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-7230-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-7231-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
220
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
1 We Must Not Forget about the Flying Fish No access
2 Reframing Tragedy No access
3 Exploration, Education, and Humanity No access
4 Avatar, SF Mannerism, and the Anthropocene No access
5 She’s the “King of the World!” No access
6 Losing Touch or Making More Contact? No access
7 The Exodus Decoded, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, and the Problem of History for Faith No access
8 No Fate No access
9 The Simulated Sublime No access
10 The Backlash and Empowerment of Feminism in Xenogenesis, Piranha II: The Spawning, and Aliens No access
11 Taking Gettier to Tasker No access
12 “I Wanted to Do Something Outrageous” No access
13 Genetically Modified Human Beings in Dark Angel No access
14 Of Shape Shifters and Shifting Alliances No access
15 An Abyss of Aliens No access
16 Refining Genre, Reassessing Gender No access
17 “Two Candles in the Dark” No access
Index No access Pages 213 - 216
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 217 - 220
