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Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation reconsiders the cultural significance of this storytelling mode by investigating how films seemingly divorced from reality and presented in a context of timelessness are, in fact, encoded with the social beliefs of their era of production.

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Framing Monsters is a significant study of the ideological workings of fantasy films from classics such as King Kong and The Wizard of Oz to contemporary favorites like Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings. Invested as both fan and academic, Bellin meticulously argues that this genre reinforces structures of alienation relating to race, class, gender, and disability.-Rob Latham, author of Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption

Framing Monsters Fantasy Film and Social

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      Publisher: MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni
      Publication Date: 3/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780809326242, 978-0809326242
      ISBN10: 0809326248

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      Book Synopsis
      Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation reconsiders the cultural significance of this storytelling mode by investigating how films seemingly divorced from reality and presented in a context of timelessness are, in fact, encoded with the social beliefs of their era of production.

      Trade Review
      Framing Monsters is a significant study of the ideological workings of fantasy films from classics such as King Kong and The Wizard of Oz to contemporary favorites like Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings. Invested as both fan and academic, Bellin meticulously argues that this genre reinforces structures of alienation relating to race, class, gender, and disability.-Rob Latham, author of Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption

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