A critical companion to Steven Spielberg. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna.
• Editors: Barkman, Adam, 1979-; Sanna, Antonio, 1978-
• Contents: Part I: The Artist and Philosopher; ; Chapter 1: “One of the Phenomenal Debut Films in the History of Movies”: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Sugarland Express as Expression of Spielberg’s ‘Movie Sense’ and as Contribution to a Genre Cycle, David LaRocca; ; Chapter 2: Adapting Objects: Spielberg and the Art of Making Strange, Paul Johnson; ; Chapter 3: Fear and Wonder: The Lived-Body Experience of Spielberg’s Cinema, Adam Daniel; ; Chapter 4: Galloping into the Jaws of Death: The Psychology of Animal Symbolism in <span style="font-style:italic;">Jaws and <span style="font-style:italic;">War Horse, Jennifer L. McMahon; ; Chapter 5: A Million Light Years from Home: Spielberg’s Extraterrestrials, Transhumanism, and Constructions of Alterity, Elizabeth Lowry; ; Chapter 6: Of Children and Redrums: The Influence of Stanley Kubrick on <span style="font-style:italic;">A.I. and <span style="font-style:italic;">Minority Report, Elsa Colombani; ; Part II: The Dreamer; ; Chapter 7: Poiesis and Miracles: From <span style="font-style:italic;">Something Evil to “The Mission, ” Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Mariana Soledad Zárate, and Eduardo Veteri; ; Chapter 8: <span style="font-style:italic;">Deus ex Machina : Spielberg’s Fantastic Visions of Tragedy and Grace, Joshua Sikora; ; Chapter 9: A Modern Pythia: The Oracle in <span style="font-style:italic;">Minority Report, Sabine Planka; ; Chapter 10: The Politics of Nostalgia: Reconstructing Epic Heroism in Spielberg’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Amblin’ and <span style="font-style:italic;">Always, Christian Jimenez; ; Chapter 11: Piracy, Boy Heroes, and the Importance of Playing the Game in Spielberg’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Hook and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Adventures of Tintin, Sue Matheson; ; Chapter 12: Categorizing E.T., Christopher H. Ketcham; ; Part III: The Historian; ; Chapter 13: “I Thought You Were an American”: Spielberg, <span style="font-style:italic;">1941, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Saving Private Ryan, Sean O’Reilly; ; Chapter 14: Testimonies of the Past: Spielberg’s Moral Exploration of Racial Discrimination, ” Michael Versteeg; ; Chapter 15: Writing Postmodern Histories in Hollywood: The Portrayal of the Male Characters in <span style="font-style:italic;">Catch Me If You Can, <span style="font-style:italic;">Bridge of Spies, and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Post, Orsolya Karacsony; ; Chapter 16: Dignified Professor and Intrepid Adventurer: Two Facets of Indiana Jones, Carl Sobocinski; ; Chapter 17: “We Spared No Expense”: Practical Utopias in <span style="font-style:italic;">Jurassic Park, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Terminal, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Ready Player One, ” Carl Sweeney; ; Chapter 18: Trivialization, Displacement, and Historical Amnesia: The Work of Innocence and Embrace in <span style="font-style:italic;">Empire of the Sun and <span style="font-style:italic;">War of the Worlds, Naaman K. Wood and David J. Strickler
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.430233092; Art: Popular Culture; Performing Arts: Film / General; Social Science: Media Studies; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498593601
• Related ISBNs: 9781498593595
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