| The Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television Contributor(s): Kneis, Philipp (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631608179 ISBN-13: 9783631608173 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $56.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.456 |
| LCCN: 2011378285 |
| Physical Information: 154 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the mythological content of five television franchises within the genre of science fiction, fantasy and horror: The X-Files & Millennium, Babylon 5 & Crusade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel, Stargate and Star Trek. The central themes are errand into the wilderness, emancipation from larger powers, individual responsibility, prophecy, apocalyptic scenarios, fundamentalism, artificial intelligence, as well as hybridity, gender roles, psychotic narration, and others. The theoretical basis for this work are both a conventional cultural studies perspective as well as memetics, an evolutionary perspective of culture and literature that is utilized in this volume as an approach to studying genre at the example of the five case studies. |