A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age

by Jay P. Telotte

Science fiction films celebrate and critique the impact of a burgeoning technology on the world's cultural, political, and social milieu.

The Machine Age, roughly delineated by the two decades between World Wars, was a watershed period during which modern society entered into an ambiguous embrace with technology that continues today. J. P. Telotte carefully blends film, technology, cultural, and genre studies to illuminate this nearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819563463
• ISBN13: 9780819563460
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up