{"product_id":"alien-legacies-the-evolution-of-the-franchise-9780197556030","title":"Alien Legacies: The Evolution of the Franchise","description":"The 1979 film \u003cem\u003eAlien \u003c\/em\u003ehas left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements, and starring then-unknown actor Sigourney Weaver in the lead role, it transcended its humble origins to shock and disturb audiences upon its initial release. Its success has led to three direct sequels, two prequels, one \"mashup\" franchise, a series of comic books, graphic novels, novelizations, games, and an enormous and devoted fanbase. For forty years, \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e and its progeny have animated debate and discussion among critics and academics from a wide variety of fields and methodological perspectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book brings together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e through a contemporary lens. The chapters here demonstrate the extent to which its effects and reception are deeply multifaceted, with the \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e franchise straddling the lines between \"high\" and \"low\" culture, playing with generic categories, crossing media boundaries, and animating theoretical, critical, and political debates. Chapters touch on female agency and motherhood, the influence of H.R. Giger, the viscerality of \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e's body horror, the narrative tradition of the Female Gothic, the patriarchal gaze in the\u003cem\u003e Alien\u003c\/em\u003e video games, and the rise of in-universe online marketing campaigns.\u003cbr\u003eIn so doing, the volume aims to debate \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e's legacy, consider its current position within visual culture, and establish what the series means--and why it still matters--forty years since its birth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15759486\"\u003eNathan Abrams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.18w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197556030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197556035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004010\"\u003eFilm | Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathan Abrams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in Film and Lead Director for the Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University. He lectures on British and American popular culture, history film and intellectual culture. He is co-founder of J\u003cem\u003eewish Film and New Media: An International Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eEyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film\u003c\/em\u003e, and the author of \u003cem\u003eStanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregory Frame\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Associate in Film Studies at Bangor University. His main area of interest is the politics of popular film and television, and he has published widely in these areas in peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe American President in Film and Television: Myth, Politics and Representation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44426251665645,"sku":"9780197556030","price":49.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_028a8826-8638-4b67-ae62-476b5c85d6c7.jpg?v=1699984134","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/alien-legacies-the-evolution-of-the-franchise-9780197556030","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}