Gendering Science Fiction Films: Invaders from the Suburbs

George, S.

In the 1950s, science fiction invasion films played a complicated part in supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, white Americans' excitement and anxiety about social and political issues, George shows how they often played out as another round in the battle of the sexes.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-11-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137321572

DOI: 10.1057/9781137321589

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 193