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Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television

Philipp Kneis
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television. To get started finding Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
156
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing
Release
2013
ISBN
1299425933

Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television

Philipp Kneis
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television. To get started finding Emancipation of the Soul: Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
156
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing
Release
2013
ISBN
1299425933

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