Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-FilesDavid Lavery, Angela Hague, Marla Cartwright The essays in this groundbreaking work constitute a serious look at this controversial-and phenomenally popular -- television show. The authors tackle such questions as: Why is The X-Files so popular Now? How does the show portray women's roles? Is The X-Files a modern myth? |
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Contents
Rewriting Popularity | 22 |
DDEB GATB MPPB and Ratboy | 36 |
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? | 52 |
Last Week We Had an Omen | 77 |
THE XFILES LIMINAUTY AND GENDER PLEASURE | 99 |
Special Agent or Monstrosity? | 121 |
How to Talk the Unknown into Existence | 135 |
The Rebirth of the Clinic | 148 |
You Only Expose Your Father | 168 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files Television and Popular Culture |
| Editors | David Lavery, Angela Hague, Marla Cartwright |
| Publisher | Syracuse University Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0815604076, 9780815604075 |
| Length | 246 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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