Joss Whedon's Big Damn Movie

Essays on Serenity

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Edited by Frederick Blichert

Type: Essays
Subject: One Film > Serenity
Keywords: Joss Whedon, sociology
Publishing date: 2018
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Collection: Worlds of Whedon
Language: English

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Paperback • 242 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-7199-4

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When Joss Whedon’s television show Firefly (2002–2003) was cancelled, devoted fans cried foul and demanded more—which led to the 2005 feature film Serenity. Both the series and the film were celebrated for their melding of science fiction and western iconography, dystopian settings, underdog storylines, and clever fast-paced dialogue. Firefly has garnered a great deal of scholarly attention—less so, Serenity. This collection of new essays, the first focusing exclusively on the film, examines its depictions of race, ableism, social engineering and systems of power, and its status as a crime film, among other topics.

About the Author:
Frederick Blichert is an independent scholar, journalist, and film critic. His writing has appeared in VICE, Paste Magazine, CBC, Senses of Cinema, and Bright Lights Film Journal. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

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