| Description |
xviii, 403 pages : illustrations maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary cinema, 1572-3070 ; 3 |
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Contemporary cinema. 1572-3070 ; 3
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| Contents |
Introduction: there and back again: an editors' tale / Ernest Mathijs and Murray Pomerance -- The lord of the rings as allegory: a multiperspectivist reading / Douglas Kellner -- The lord of the rings and family: a view on text and reception / Ernest Mathijs -- The fading of the elves: eco-catastrophe, technopoly, and bio-security / Sean Cubitt -- On being a 1960s Tolkien reader / Martin Barker -- Epic fantasy and global terrorism / Ken Gelder -- A land of make believe: merchandising and consumption of The lord of the rings / Ian Conrich -- Fic Frodo slash Frodo: fandoms and The lord of the rings / Jennifer Brayton -- The lord of the rings as melodrama / Sarah Kozloff -- Masculinity, whiteness, and social class in The lord of the rings / Lianne McLarty -- Urban legend: architecture in The lord of the rings / Steven Woodward and Kostis Kourelis -- The lord of the rings and the fellowship of the map / Tom Conley -- Enchantments of The lord of the rings: soundtrack, myth, language, and modernity / James Buhler -- "Wicked, tricksy, false": race, myth, and Gollum / Cynthia Fuchs -- "What does the eye demand": sexuality, forbidden vision and embodiment in The lord of the rings / Ruth Goldberg and Krin Gabbard -- Scale, spectacle and movement: massive software and digital special effects in The lord of the rings / Kirsten Moana Thompson -- Morphing Sean Astin : "playing fat" in the age of digital animation / Jerry Mosher -- Gollum and Golem: special effects and the technology of artificial bodies / Tom Gunning -- The laddy vanishes / Murray Pomerance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-392) and index |
| Subject |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
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Jackson, Peter, 1961-
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| SUBJECT |
Lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001027409
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Lord of the rings, the two towers (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002042474
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Lord of the rings, the return of the king (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003042570
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| Subject |
Lord of the Rings films -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures -- Politics and government.
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Motion pictures -- Social problems
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| Author |
Mathijs, Ernest.
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Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9789042020627 (paperback) |
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9042020628 (paperback) |
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