{"product_id":"firefly-revisited-9781442247437","title":"Firefly Revisited","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\t Introduction\t Michael Goodrum \u0026amp; Philip Smith Filmography\t 1. Firefly and the Space Western: Frontier Fiction on Fast-Forward\t John Wills 2: “A Man of Honor in a Den of Thieves:” War Veterans in Firefly and Serenity\t David Budgen 3: “See What’s Inside:” Understanding the Reavers’ Posthuman Identity and Role \t in Firefly and Serenity Gareth Hadyk-Delodder \u0026amp; Laura Chilcoat 4: At the “Corner of No and Where:” River’s Unmappable Body in the \t Firefly\/Serenityverse Lisa Perdigao  5: “This is Where I Am . . . Ain’t a place of Wishes:” Kyriarchy and the Preservation of \t Power in Better Days Samira Nadkarni 6: Politics of Loss: The Historical World, “the Right Thing to Do,” and a Utopian \t Community in Firefly Dennis Sobolev 7: Speaking Chinese: Music and the Exotic in Firefly\t S. Andrew Granade 8: “Where Does Any Story Begin?”: Book Chapters and Whedonverse Choices\t Dean A. Kowalski 9: Lighting Out for the Black: Firefly and the Suspicion of Governance Structures\t Andrew Howe 10: “They Couldn’t Let Us Profit, It Wouldn’t Be Civilized:” Economic Modalities and\t  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 \t Consumerism in Modern China Tara Prescott Index About the Editors and Contributors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039932383575,"sku":"9781442247437","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442247437.jpg?v=1750945284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/firefly-revisited-9781442247437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}