Author : Hugh Wynn
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595218615
The Generation-X Files
Hugh Wynn
The Generation X Files
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The Legacy of The X-Files
James Fenwick,Diane A. Rodgers
Author : James Fenwick,Diane A. Rodgers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501387623
The Legacy of The X-Files by James Fenwick,Diane A. Rodgers Pdf
The Legacy of The X-Files examines the content and production of the show, its reception, its use of legend and folklore, its contemporary resonance in politics and society of the 21st century, and its impact and legacy on film, television, the Internet and beyond. Having converged with the early widespread use of the Internet, The X-Files became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s, transforming from a cult TV show into a pop cultural phenomenon by the end of the decade. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The X-Files, this collection examines the content and production of the show, its reception, its use of legend and folklore, its contemporary resonance in politics and society of the 21st century, and its impact and legacy on film, television, the Internet and beyond. The series' themes of government mistrust, conspiracy, folklore, UFOlogy, and faith are dissected and applied to how the show spirituality resonated with post-Cold War Western society. Contributors to this collection discuss the wide-ranging impact of the television show in popular culture, from Mulder and Scully 'shippers' to the show's slogan entering the contemporary lexicon. The Legacy of The X-Files serves as an all-encompassing, multi-disciplinary, contemporary account of The X-Files, reflecting upon critical, historical, political, and social contexts, and featuring an in-depth and comprehensive introduction making it a vital work for researchers and students alike.
Opening The X-Files
Darren Mooney
Author : Darren Mooney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476628806
Opening The X-Files by Darren Mooney Pdf
More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape. Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon.
Deny All Knowledge
David Lavery,Angela Hague,Marla Cartwright
Author : David Lavery,Angela Hague,Marla Cartwright
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0815604076
Deny All Knowledge by David Lavery,Angela Hague,Marla Cartwright Pdf
The X-Files was one of the most subversive and longest-running science fiction series in US television history. Yet very little serious work has been done to examine the hit series. Deny All Knowledge examines topics such as: - Why is the series such a hit worldwide? - Why is The X-Files so popular online, generating dozens of websites and chat groups daily? - How does The X-Files' Conspiracy Theory compares to shows from the 1950s? - Can The X-Files be considered a modern-day myth? - What does The X-Files tell us about gender roles today?
The X-Files and Literature
Sharon R. Yang
Author : Sharon R. Yang
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443815468
The X-Files and Literature by Sharon R. Yang Pdf
The X-Files and Literature: Unweaving the Story, Unraveling the Lie to find the Truth provides an innovative and valuable exploration of the groundbreaking television program. Although much academic work has been devoted to the social, psychological, and spiritual significance of The X-Files, until this collection none has fully addressed the series’ rich adaptation of literature to interrogate our perception, definition, or recounting of the “truth.” This collection not only unveils new twists and insights into expected connections between The X-Files and Gothic writers or with its modernist and post-modernist slants on narrative, plot, and characterization. The X-Files and Literature also delves into some unexpected literary sources shaping the series, such as the Arthurian quest, Catholic and Biblical mythology, folkloristics, and James Fennimore Cooper and the “vanishing American” mythos. This collection of essays covers both how The X-Files works with literature’s own constantly morphing definition and portrayal of truth through form and content, as well as how the television program may or may not subvert our own contradictory expectations and distrust of literature’s providing us with enlightenment. "As television becomes more and more literary, with shows like Lost and Gilmore Girls sending us off to the bookstore and the library so we might read them more carefully, a book like The X-Files and Literature is welcome indeed. Sharon R. Yang’s diverse collection on one of Nineties’ TV’s richest texts finds the truth of the gothic and the Arthurian and the folkloric, of the postmodern and the metafictional, of Poe, Pynchon, Cooper, Nabokov, and Tennyson, not just “out there” but in the perhaps too complicated narrative of the perpetually frustrated quests of Mulder and Scully. Valuable-in-itself as an intellectual exercise, its real worth may come when we put the book down and return, smarter, better readers, to the primary text." --David Lavery, Co-Editor, Deny All Knowledge: Investigating The X-Files "Sharon Yang's X-Files collection deals with an important subject addressed by thoughtful writers. The idea that television can be seen as a branch of literature is certainly sustained by The X-Files, and the contributors to this volume succeed in making the case. Brian Hauser on Fenimore Cooper, Cary Jones on Mary Shelley, Tamy Burnett on Poe, Thomas Argiro on Pynchon, Matthew VanWinkle on Tennyson-these and more explore the connections with The X-Files not only in terms of sources but also themes and techniques. Both students of television and literature will want to own this book." —Rhonda V. Wilcox, Ph.D., Professor of English, Gordon College, Barnesville
The Generation X Librarian
Martin K. Wallace,Rebecca Tolley-Stokes,Erik Sean Estep
Author : Martin K. Wallace,Rebecca Tolley-Stokes,Erik Sean Estep
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780786486113
The Generation X Librarian by Martin K. Wallace,Rebecca Tolley-Stokes,Erik Sean Estep Pdf
Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced major advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which affect libraries and librarians. This collection of critical essays highlights the special challenges that face Generation X librarians. Topics covered include management and leadership, rapidly changing technology, social attitudes and stereotypes within popular culture, and how Generation X librarians have responded to or developed in response to those themes. This work fills many of the gaps present in the professional literature on librarianship and our younger generations.
Fandom, the Next Generation
Bridget Kies,Megan Connor
Author : Bridget Kies,Megan Connor
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781609388348
Fandom, the Next Generation by Bridget Kies,Megan Connor Pdf
This collection is the first to offer a close study of fan generations, which are defined not only by fans’ ages, but by their entry point into a canon or their personal politics. The contributors further the conversation about how generational fandom is influenced by and, in turn, influences technologies, industry practices, and social and political changes. As reboot culture continues, as franchises continue expanding over time, and as new technologies enable easier access to older media, Fandom, the Next Generation offers a necessary investigation into transgenerational fandoms and intergenerational fan relationships. Contributors: Maria Alberto, University of Utah Mélanie Bourdaa, University of Bordeaux Montaigne Meredith Dabek, Maynooth University Simone Driessen, Erasmus University Rotterdam Yektanurşin Duyan, Mardin Artuklu University Dan Golding, Swinburne University of Technology Bethan Jones, Aberdale, Wales (UK) Siobhan Lyons, Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) L. N. Rosales, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Andrew Scahill, University of Colorado, Denver Janelle Vermaak, Nelson Mandela University Cynthia W. Walker, St. Peter’s University Dawn Walls-Thumma, independent scholar Neta Yodovich, University of Haifa
The X-Files FAQ
John Kenneth Muir
Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495046049
The X-Files FAQ by John Kenneth Muir Pdf
(FAQ). The X-Files FAQ explores Chris Carter's popular 1990s science-fiction TV series, which aired on Fox for nine seasons and inspired spin-offs, including feature films, TV shows, toys, novels, and comic books. The book explores the series in terms of its historical context and analyzes how many of the episodes tackle the events of their time: the Clinton era. The X-Files FAQ also tallies the episodes that are based on true stories, selects touchstone moments from the almost decade-long run, and organizes the series by its fantastic subject matter from serial killers to aliens, from prehistoric menaces to ethnic and religious-based horrors. In addition, the book recalls the TV antecedents ( Kolchak: The Night Stalker ) and descendants ( Fringe ) of The X-Files , examines the two feature films, and investigates Chris Carter's other creations, including Millennium , The Lone Gunmen , Harsh Realm , and The After . Featuring numerous stills and the show's most prominent writers and directors, The X-Files FAQ allows readers to relive the "Mytharc" conspiracy and the unforgettable monsters of the week from the Fluke Man to the Peacocks.
Opening The X-Files
Darren Mooney
Author : Darren Mooney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476665269
Opening The X-Files by Darren Mooney Pdf
More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape. Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon.
The Complete X-Files
Matt Hurwitz,Chris Knowles
Author : Matt Hurwitz,Chris Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015079281203
The Complete X-Files by Matt Hurwitz,Chris Knowles Pdf
The inside track on all nine seasons of the 'X-files' show and movie, plus creator Chris Carter's new commentary and explanation of previously unresolved mysteries.
The Death Proclamation of Generation X
Maxim W. Furek
Author : Maxim W. Furek
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780595463190
The Death Proclamation of Generation X by Maxim W. Furek Pdf
Taking a hard, penetrating look at the despondent heart of darkness of the 1990s, The Death Proclamation of Generation X is a probing chronicle of America's thirteenth generation caught between the idealistic Baby Boomers and the well-financed Generation Y. Generation X was scapegoated and dismissed without the chance to prove themselves. Blending tenets of psychology, sociology, and cultural anthropology, author Maxim Furek offers a unique perspective to the post-modernist discourse by exploring the impact that personalities such as Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, River Phoenix, Marilyn Manson, and Anna Nicole Smith left on that generation. Evaluating the psychological and sociological variables of goth, grunge, and heroin, Furek weaves a dark tapestry of this unique demographic group born between 1965 and 1978. The Death Proclamation of Generation X pieces together the complexities of Generation X to acknowledge their individuality, honor their existence, and to celebrate their future. They are a group with their own identity of music, attitude, and culture. The resilience of Generation X is but another example of the power of this special collection of people-a group of highly skilled and adaptive individuals.
Media Spectacle
Douglas Kellner
Author : Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780415268295
Media Spectacle by Douglas Kellner Pdf
Through analysis of several media spectacles - including the O.J. Simpson trial, Elvis, the X-Files and the Clinton sex scandals - Kellner draws insights into media, journalism, the public sphere and politics in an era of new technologies.
Gilligan Unbound
Paul Arthur Cantor
Author : Paul Arthur Cantor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0742507793
Gilligan Unbound by Paul Arthur Cantor Pdf
"Cantor demonstrates how, during the 1960s, Gilligan's Island and Star Trek reflected America's faith in liberal democracy and our willingness to project it universally. Gilligan's Island, Cantor argues, is based on the premise that a representative group of Americans could literally be dumped in the middle of nowhere and still prevail under the worst of circumstances. Star Trek took American optimism even further by trying to make the entire galaxy safe for democracy. Despite the famous Prime Directive, Captain Kirk and his crew remade planet after planet in the image of an idealized 1960s America."--BOOK JACKET.
Gen X TV
Rob Owen
Author : Rob Owen
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815604432
Gen X TV by Rob Owen Pdf
No generation eludes definition as much as Generation X. Rob Owens opens with a history of network and cable television since the birth of Generation X, but goes on to explore the symbiotic relationship between television and this largely misunderstood age group. From the first megahit The Brady Bunch to today's Friends, Owen unflinchingly describes the boob tube as the ubiquitous babysitter for millions of young people. Television, Owen maintains, consumes innocence as viewers encounter countless episodes of society's woes, from political strife and environmental decimation to everyday violence and crime.
Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y
Adam Possamai
Author : Adam Possamai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134937745
Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y by Adam Possamai Pdf
Generations X and Y are plugged into the contemporary world of consumption, popular culture, and the internet. These generations treat knowledge and belief as a more flexible concept, often focusing on the practical rather than the theoretical and often drawing on conflicting sources in both popular and cyber culture. Their approach to religious belief and practice requires a new way of studying the sociology of religion. 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' examines key world religions - Buddhism, Christianity and Islam - as well as newer religious groups, such as Scientology, New Age, Witchcraft and online communities such as Jediism and Matrixism. The book covers a range of key concepts: secularisation and modernisation, re-enchantment, the 'McDonaldisation' of society, and the easternisation of the west. Each chapter opens with a case study from popular culture or the internet which takes the reader to the heart of the topic being discussed. Employing both classical sociological theory and contemporary critical theory, 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' explains where contemporary religion and spirituality are coming from, where they are now, and where they are going.