Are There Tea Parties on Mars？ Business and Politics in Science Fiction Films

作     者：O＇Brien Stanley Nicki L. Michalski Ruth J. H. Stanley 

作者机构：Lamar University Beaumont USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第3期

页      码：382-396页

摘      要：This paper will apply a politically oriented description-critique paradigm developed from the works of Whitehall and Grewell that offers a way to examine works of popular culture, particularly Mars-based science fiction films. Because of the unique nature of these films, primarily which they are set in a future and distant world, they allow us to explore the socio-political landscape in which they were created from a remove that does not exist in ＂real-world＂ based works. Specifically we will be examining the governing power （in any particular Mars-based science fiction film） that might be either wielded by business interests or governmental interests. Although it is possible to have both a strong government and a strong business in a society, in many Mars-based science fiction films, government and business seem to represent two sides of a continuum. The stronger the business power structure in the film, the weaker the governmental power structure, and vice-versa.

主 题 词：science fiction Mars political structure governmental power Geoffrey Whitehall Gary Grewell colonization film 

学科分类：0832[0832] 1303[艺术学-戏剧与影视学类] 13[艺术学] 08[工学] 

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