Description
Book SynopsisAccording to Joss Whedon, the creator of the short-lived series Firefly (2002), the cult show is about nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things. The chronicles of crewmembers on a scruffy space freighter, Firefly ran for only four months before its abrupt cancellation. In that brief time, however, it established a reputation as one of the best science-fiction programs of the new millennium: sharply written, superbly cast, and set on an exotic multicultural frontier unlike anything ever seen on the small screen. The show's large, enthusiastic fan following supported a series of comics and a theatrical film, Serenity (2005), that extended the story, deepened the characters, and revealed new wonders and dangers on the deep-space frontier. In Firefly Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series, Michael Goodrum and Philip Smith present a collection that reflects on the program, the characters, and the post-cancellation film and comics that gre
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Michael Goodrum & Philip Smith Filmography 1. Firefly and the Space Western: Frontier Fiction on Fast-Forward John Wills 2: “A Man of Honor in a Den of Thieves:” War Veterans in Firefly and Serenity David Budgen 3: “See What’s Inside:” Understanding the Reavers’ Posthuman Identity and Role in Firefly and Serenity Gareth Hadyk-Delodder & Laura Chilcoat 4: At the “Corner of No and Where:” River’s Unmappable Body in the Firefly/Serenityverse Lisa Perdigao 5: “This is Where I Am . . . Ain’t a place of Wishes:” Kyriarchy and the Preservation of Power in Better Days Samira Nadkarni 6: Politics of Loss: The Historical World, “the Right Thing to Do,” and a Utopian Community in Firefly Dennis Sobolev 7: Speaking Chinese: Music and the Exotic in Firefly S. Andrew Granade 8: “Where Does Any Story Begin?”: Book Chapters and Whedonverse Choices Dean A. Kowalski 9: Lighting Out for the Black: Firefly and the Suspicion of Governance Structures Andrew Howe 10: “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 11: The Future Isn’t So Shiny: Blade Runner, Firefly, and the Effects of American Consumerism in Modern China Tara Prescott Index About the Editors and Contributors
