Aliens in Pop Culture

2011-08 Extraterrestrial beings in popular culture

Author : Hal Marcovitz
Release : 2011-08
Genre : Extraterrestrial beings in popular culture
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Download or read book Aliens in Pop Culture written by Hal Marcovitz. This book was released on 2011-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, people have wondered about life on other planets but most aliens did not start showing up in literature and other forms of pop culture until the late 19th century. Since then, aliens have become familiar characters in books, films and video games. Given their overwhelming popularity, visitors from other worlds are sure to be featured in pop culture for many years to come.

Aliens in Popular Culture

2019-03-22 Social Science

Author : Michael M. Levy
Release : 2019-03-22
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Aliens in Popular Culture written by Michael M. Levy. This book was released on 2019-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Aliens in Popular Culture

2019-03-22 Social Science

Author : Michael M. Levy
Release : 2019-03-22
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Aliens in Popular Culture written by Michael M. Levy. This book was released on 2019-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction / Gregory Benford -- Inventing the alien in early science fiction / Sean Guynes-Vishniac -- Alien invaders or aliens invaded / Joan Gordon -- The alien child / Emily Midkiff -- Aliens in videogames / Michael Levy -- Entries : A-Z.

American Cosmic

2019-01-18 Social Science

Author : D.W. Pasulka
Release : 2019-01-18
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book American Cosmic written by D.W. Pasulka. This book was released on 2019-01-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions. Over the course of a six-year ethnographic study, D.W. Pasulka interviewed successful and influential scientists, professionals, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, thereby disproving the common misconception that only fringe members of society believe in UFOs. She argues that widespread belief in aliens is due to a number of factors including their ubiquity in modern media like The X-Files, which can influence memory, and the believability lent to that media by the search for planets that might support life. American Cosmic explores the intriguing question of how people interpret unexplainable experiences, and argues that the media is replacing religion as a cultural authority that offers believers answers about non-human intelligent life.

Alien Encounters

2007-04-17 Social Science

Author : Mimi Thi Nguyen
Release : 2007-04-17
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Alien Encounters written by Mimi Thi Nguyen. This book was released on 2007-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA collection of essays that examine the production and consumption of Asian American popular culture, from musical expression to television cooking shows./div

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