Firefly revisited : essays on Joss Whedon's classic series / edited by Michael D. Goodrum, Philip Smith.

Other author Goodrum, Michael D., 1983- editor.
Other author Smith, Philip, 1983- editor.
Format Book
PublicationLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Descriptionxxvi, 200 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesScience fiction television
Science fiction television (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.) ^A1257923
Contents Introduction / Michael Goodrum & Philip Smith -- Firefly and the space western: frontier fiction on fast-forward / John Wills -- "A man of honor in a den of thieves": war veterans in Firefly and serenity / David Budgen -- "See what's inside": understanding the reavers' posthuman identity and role in Firefly and serenity / Gareth Hadyk-Delodder & Laura Chilcoat -- At the "corner of no and where": River's unmappable body in the Firefly/Serenity verse / Lisa Perdigao -- "This is where I am, ain't a place of wishes": kyriarchy and the preservation of power in better days / Samira Nadkarni -- Politics of loss: the historical world, "the right thing to do", and a utopian community in Firefly / Dennis Sobolev -- Speaking Chinese: music and the exotic in Firefly / S. Andrew Granade -- "Where does any story begin?": book chapters and Whedon verse choices / Dean A. Kowalski -- Lighting out for the black: Firefly and the suspicion of governance structures / Andrew Howe -- "They couldn't let us profit, it wouldn't be civilized": economic modalities and core-periphery relationships in the political economy of Firefly-serenity / Howard Kahm -- The future isn't so shiny: Blade runner, Firefly, and the effects of American consumerism in modern China / Tara Prescott.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014040475
ISBN9781442247437 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1442247436 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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