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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Shawn MalleyPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press Volume: 57 ISBN: 9781786941190ISBN 10: 1786941198 Pages: 247 Publication Date: 27 April 2018 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Battling Babylon Chapter 1: Manticore Chapter 2: Stargate SG-1 Chapter 3: Transformers 2: Revenge of the FallenPart 2: Of Artifacts and Ancient Aliens Chapter 4: Ancient Aliens Chapter 5: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Chapter 6: SmallvillePart 3: Cyborg Sites Chapter 7: Battlestar Galactica Chapter 8: PrometheusEnvoyWorks Cited IndexReviews'[A] provocative and fastidiously researched monograph... Invoking such heavy-hitters as Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, and Homi Bhabha, Excavating the Future is best for scholars or advanced students already acquainted with a fair amount of theory. Nevertheless, Malley maps rich territory at the intersection of literature, media studies, history, and geopolitics.' Pedro Ponce, SFRA Review '[A] provocative and fastidiously researched monograph... Invoking such heavy-hitters as Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, and Homi Bhabha, Excavating the Future is best for scholars or advanced students already acquainted with a fair amount of theory. Nevertheless, Malley maps rich territory at the intersection of literature, media studies, history, and geopolitics.' Pedro Ponce, SFRA Review 'This volume should prove to be of interest not only to SF scholars but to film, television, and general popular-culture scholars as well...Not only does this study convey SF's enormous potential for social influence and criticism, but it also captures the zeitgeist of the early 21st century, when we are poised at a unique time in history for unthinkable change.' James Hamby, Fafnir-Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Author InformationShawn Malley is Professor in the Department of English, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He is author of 'From Archaeology to Spectacle in Victorian Britain: The Case of Assyria, 1845–1854' (Ashgate Press, 2012). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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