Aliens in Popular Culture (Hardcover)

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

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Publishing Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2019
Editors:	Michael M. Levy • Farah Mendlesohn
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	335
ISBN-13:	978-1-4408-3832-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	1-4408-3832-1
Barcode:	9781440838323

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