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American Science Fiction TV: Star Trek, Stargate, and Beyond » (New Edition)
Authors: Jan Johnson-Smith
ISBN-13: 9780819567383, ISBN-10: 0819567388
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Jan Johnson-Smith
JAN JOHNSON-SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Theory at Bournemouth University's Media School in the U.K.
Book Synopsis
Science fiction TV and the American psyche.
Table of Contents
| Pt. 1 | Science fiction in context | |
| 1 | Science fiction | 15 |
| 2 | Histories : the American west, television and televisuality | 39 |
| Pt. 2 | The series | |
| 3 | Yesterday's Enterprise : representation, ideology and language in Star Trek | 77 |
| 4 | The sacrifice of angels : military history and ideology | 119 |
| 5 | Wormhole X-treme! : images of time and space | 153 |
| 6 | Babylon 5 : between the darkness and the light | 185 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Television Television Programs - Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Nonfiction Entertainment Television
Television Television Programs - Science Fiction, Fantasy & HorrorNonfiction
Entertainment Television