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OverviewThis book analyzes the mythological content of five television franchises within the genre of science fiction, fantasy and horror: The X-Files & Millennium, Babylon 5 & Crusade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel, Stargate and Star Trek. The central themes are errand into the wilderness, emancipation from larger powers, individual responsibility, prophecy, apocalyptic scenarios, fundamentalism, artificial intelligence, as well as hybridity, gender roles, psychotic narration, and others. The theoretical basis for this work are both a conventional cultural studies perspective as well as memetics, an evolutionary perspective of culture and literature that is utilized in this volume as an approach to studying genre at the example of the five case studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philipp KneisPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9783631608173ISBN 10: 3631608179 Pages: 154 Publication Date: 02 September 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents: Memetics as an approach towards genre theory – Errand into the wilderness – Emancipation from larger powers – Individual responsibility – Prophecy – Apocalyptic scenarios – Fundamentalism – Artificial intelligence – The X-Files – Millennium – Babylon 5 – Crusade – Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Angel – Stargate – Star Trek.ReviewsAuthor InformationPhilipp Kneis studied American Studies and History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research concerns American film and television, politics, Native American Studies and aging. Together with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee he has published Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2007) and Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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