The Worlds of Back to the Future: Critical Essays on the Films

A Critical examination of the cultural, cinematic, and historical contexts of the Back to the Future trilogy, this work provides a multi-focal representation of the trilogy from several interdisciplinary fields, including philosophy, literature, music, pop culture, and media and gender studies. Topics include sexual symbolism in the trilogy and the oedipal plotting of the first film; nostalgia and the suburban dream in the cultural climate of the 1980s; generic play and performance througho...