Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie

Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien has attained classic status and is one of the most analysed films by scholars. But until now, there have been no published studies of its audiences. This book presents the findings of a major project exploring how different kinds

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137532060.0001

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137532060.0001

Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie Martin Barker Emeritus Professor, Aberystwyth University, UK

Kate Egan Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Aberystwyth University, UK

Tom Phillips 4FOJPS5utor in Humanities, University of East Anglia, UK and

Sarah Ralph Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies, Northumbria University, UK

DOI: 10.1057/9781137532060.0001

alien audiences Copyright © Martin Barker, Kate Egan, Tom Philips, and Sarah Ralph 2016. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-53205-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation