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Aliens in Popular Culture (Hardcover)
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Aliens in Popular Culture (Hardcover)
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An indispensable resource, this book provides wide coverage on
aliens in fiction and popular culture. The wide impact that the
imagined alien has had upon Western culture has not been surveyed
before; in many cases the essays in Aliens in Popular Culture are
the first written on the topic. The book is a compendium of short
entries on notable uses of aliens in popular culture across
different media and platforms by almost 90 researchers in the
field. It covers science fiction from the late nineteenth century
into the twenty-first century, including books, films, television,
comics, games, and even advertisements. Individual essays point to
the ways in which the imagined alien can be seen as a reflection of
different fears and tensions within society, above all in the
Anglo-American world. The book additionally provides an overview
for context and suggestions for further reading. All varieties of
readers will find it to be a comprehensive reference about the
extra-terrestrial in popular culture. Provides cultural context in
introductory essays on some of the key themes and contexts of alien
representation Covers a broad scope, with more than 130 entries on
different topics, and is written by nearly 90 researchers with
diverse expertise Shows readers the varied ways that imagined
aliens have become a part of popular culture Presents both familiar
topics and more obscure topics in popular culture to provide new
scholarship
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