书目名称 | McLuhan’s Galaxies: Science Fiction Film Aesthetics in Light of Marshall McLuhan’s Thought | 编辑 | Artur Skweres | 视频video | | 概述 | Applies the theories of Marshall McLuhan to science fiction studies, which have yet to be considered from this perspective.Provides concrete examples of how McLuhan’s theories find their reflection in | 丛书名称 | Second Language Learning and Teaching | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This groundbreaking book uses observations made by Marshall McLuhan to analyze the aesthetics of science fiction films, treating them as visual metaphors or probes into the new reality dominated by electronic media: ..- it considers the relations between the senses and sensuality in Blade Runner, the visually-tactile character of the film, and the status of replicants as humanity’s new clothes; ..- it analyzes the mixture of Eastern and Western aesthetics in Star Wars, analyzing Darth Vader as a combination of the literate and the tribal mindset; ..- it discusses the failure of visual society presented in the Terminator and Alien franchises, the rekindling of horror vacui, tribalism, and the desire to obliterate the past as a result of the simultaneity of the acoustic space; ..- finally, the book discusses the Matrix trilogy and Avatar as being deeply related in terms of the growing importance of tactility, easternization, tribalization, as well as connectivity and the implosion of human civilization.. | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | Marshall McLuhan; Film Studies; Science Fiction; Film Aesthetics; Media Studies | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04104-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-04104-5Series ISSN 2193-7648 Series E-ISSN 2193-7656 | issn_series | 2193-7648 | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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