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They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves : the History and Politics of Alien Abduction.
Since its emergence in the 1960s, belief in alien abduction has saturated popular culture, with the ubiquitous image of the almond-eyed alien appearing on everything from bumper stickers to bars of soap. Drawing on interviews with alleged abductees from the New York area, Bridget Brown suggests a ne...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since its emergence in the 1960s, belief in alien abduction has saturated popular culture, with the ubiquitous image of the almond-eyed alien appearing on everything from bumper stickers to bars of soap. Drawing on interviews with alleged abductees from the New York area, Bridget Brown suggests a new way for people to think about the alien phenomenon, one that is concerned not with establishing whether aliens actually exist, but with understanding what belief in aliens in America may tell us about our changing understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. They Know Us Better Than W. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814739174 0814739172 9781435607439 1435607430 |