Alien Audiences
Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie
Published on 16. December 2015
Book
Hardback
X, 139 pages
978-1-137-53205-3 (ISBN)
Description
Released in 1979, Ridley Scott's Alien has come to be regarded as a classic film, and has been widely written about. But how have audiences engaged with it? This book presents the - sometimes very surprising - results of a major audience research project, exploring how people remember and continue to engage with the film.
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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
X, 139 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-53205-3 (9781137532053)
DOI
10.1057/9781137532060
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
04/2016
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Persons
Martin Barker is Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth. He is Joint Editor of
Participations
for the journal of audience and reception studies and has researched and published on a variety of topics including contemporary British racism, media panics and children's comics.
Kate Egan is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Aberystwyth University. She is the author of Trash or Treasure?: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties (2007) and The Evil Dead (2011), and co-editor (with Sarah Thomas) of Cult Film Stardom (2012).
Tom Phillips is a Tutor in Humanities at the University of East Anglia. He is the co-chair of the international Fan Studies Network, and his work has been published in Cultural Trends, Celebrity Studies and Transformative Works and Cultures.
Sarah Ralph is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Northumbria University. Published in Celebrity Studies, Participations and Critical Studies in Television, her research interests centre on media and cultural consumption, media industries and production, and women and the media.
Kate Egan is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Aberystwyth University. She is the author of Trash or Treasure?: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties (2007) and The Evil Dead (2011), and co-editor (with Sarah Thomas) of Cult Film Stardom (2012).
Tom Phillips is a Tutor in Humanities at the University of East Anglia. He is the co-chair of the international Fan Studies Network, and his work has been published in Cultural Trends, Celebrity Studies and Transformative Works and Cultures.
Sarah Ralph is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Northumbria University. Published in Celebrity Studies, Participations and Critical Studies in Television, her research interests centre on media and cultural consumption, media industries and production, and women and the media.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. The Alien Memories Project
2. Remembering a 'Masterpiece'
3. Gifting the Alien Experience
4. Remembering a First Encounter
5. Considering the Chestburster-Choosers: Realism and Repeat Viewing
6. Critical Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix - The Questionnaire
1. The Alien Memories Project
2. Remembering a 'Masterpiece'
3. Gifting the Alien Experience
4. Remembering a First Encounter
5. Considering the Chestburster-Choosers: Realism and Repeat Viewing
6. Critical Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix - The Questionnaire