All Outputs (31)

Language and linguistics (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Language and linguistics. In M. Bould, A. M. Butler, A. Roberts, & S. Vint (Eds.), The Routledge companion to Science Fiction (225-235). Routledge

A critical survey of the ways in which sf texts have imagined new languages, and a materialist critique of the ways in which idealist structuralist and post-structuralist models of language have been used to discuss the specific nature of language us... Read More about Language and linguistics.

The Routledge companion to science fiction (2009)
Book
Bould, M., Butler, A. M., Roberts, A., & Vint, S. (2009). The Routledge companion to science fiction. Routledge

Collection of 56 critical essays on science fiction, divided into ‘History’, ‘Theory’, ‘Issues and Challenges’ and ‘Subgenres’ sections.

Bernd Herzogenrath, ed., "The films of Tod Browning" and Reynold Humphries, "The Hollywood horror film 1931-1941: Madness in a social landscape" (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Bernd Herzogenrath, ed., "The films of Tod Browning" and Reynold Humphries, "The Hollywood horror film 1931-1941: Madness in a social landscape". Film International, 7(4), 78-82

Review essay of the two named books

Book review: John T. Irwin, Unless the threat of death is behind them: Hard-boiled fiction and film noir (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Book review: John T. Irwin, Unless the threat of death is behind them: Hard-boiled fiction and film noir

Dandies in the underworld (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Dandies in the underworld

Overview of gentleman-criminal films

Review: ‘Takayuki Tatsumi, Full Metal Apache: Transactions between cyberpunk Japan and avant-pop America’ (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Review: ‘Takayuki Tatsumi, Full Metal Apache: Transactions between cyberpunk Japan and avant-pop America’. Extrapolation, 50(3), 534-537. https://doi.org/10.3828/extr.2009.50.3.9

Stephen Shapiro, ed., "Gothic studies' 'material gothic' special issue" and "Collapse: journal of philosophical research and development volume iv: Concept horror" (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Stephen Shapiro, ed., "Gothic studies' 'material gothic' special issue" and "Collapse: journal of philosophical research and development volume iv: Concept horror". Extrapolation, 50(2), 345-359

Review of two journal issues, with special emphasis on China Miéville’s contributions to them.

Symposium on Sexuality in SF (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Symposium on Sexuality in SF. Science Fiction Studies, 109, 385-403

Untitled short piece in fiftieth anniversay special section on the current shape of scholarship and criticism on speculative fiction (2009)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2009). Untitled short piece in fiftieth anniversay special section on the current shape of scholarship and criticism on speculative fiction. Extrapolation, 50(1), 9-10

Opinion piece on the relative security of sf studies as a discipline and the need for it to have a social and political vision beyond its institutional function.

Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2009). Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future. In L. White, & C. Pajaczkowska (Eds.), The Sublime Now (269-285). Cambridge Scholars

This essay connects the spectacle of the digitally animated workerless production line in contemporary blockbusters to David Nye's argument about the development of the sublime in American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. It culminates in a di... Read More about Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future.

Under the neon rainbow: Colour and neo-noir (2009)
Book Chapter
Glitre, K. (2009). Under the neon rainbow: Colour and neo-noir. In M. Bould, K. Glitre, & G. Tuck (Eds.), Neo-noir (11-27). London: Wallflower