The paranormal and the paranoid : conspiratorial science fiction television /

"Toward the end of the twentieth century, science fiction television took a dark turn. Series like The X-Files, Millennium, and Dark Skies wove menacing technologies, paranormal forces, and shadowy government agencies into complex tales of corruption and cover-ups. Mind control, alien abduction...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gulyas, Aaron John, 1975- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Collection:Science fiction television.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Science fiction television programs > History and criticism.
Conspiracy on televison.
Paranoia on television.
Television programs > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Émissions de science-fiction télévisées > Histoire et critique.
Paranoïa à la télévision.
Émissions télévisées > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Paranoia on television
Popular culture
Science fiction television programs
Television programs > Social aspects
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Conspiracy theory and the paranormal in the late twentieth century
  • Paranoid and paranormal precursors from the 1960s to the 1990s
  • The X-files: the intersection of real and manufactured mythology
  • "History as we know it is a lie": Dark skies, Roswell, and paranoid history
  • Sinister forces: the conspiratorial mood in 1990s science fiction television
  • Our dark future: the intersection of conspiracy and technology
  • Epilogue
  • Videography.

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