Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-FilesDavid Lavery, Angela Hague, Marla Cartwright The X-Files was one of the most subversive and longest-running science fiction series in US television history. Yet very little serious work has been done to examine the hit series. Deny All Knowledge examines topics such as: - Why is the series such a hit worldwide? - Why is The X-Files so popular online, generating dozens of websites and chat groups daily? - How does The X-Files' Conspiracy Theory compares to shows from the 1950s? - Can The X-Files be considered a modern-day myth? - What does The X-Files tell us about gender roles today? |
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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 LIMINALITY AND GENDER PLEASURE | 99 |
Special Agent or Monstrosity? | 121 |
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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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