An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.
Well-known in science fiction for tomb-raiding and mummy-wrangling, the archaeologist has been a rich source for imagining 'strange new worlds' from 'strange old worlds.' But more than a well-spring for SF scenarios, the genre's archaeological imaginary invites us to consider the ideological implications of digging up the past buried in the future.
A cultural study of an array of very popular, though often critically-neglected, North American SF film and television texts-running the gamut of telefilms, pseudo-documentaries, teen serial drama and Hollywood blockbusters-Excavating the Future explores the popular archaeological imagination and the political uses to which it is being employed by the U.S.
state and its adversaries. By treating SF texts as documents of archaeological experience circulating within and between scientific and popular culture communities and media, Excavating the Future develops critical strategies for analyzing SF film and television's critical and adaptive responses to post 9/11 geopolitical concerns about the war on terror, homeland security, the invasion and reconstruction of Iraq, and the ongoing fight against ISIS.
| ISBN: | 9781786941190 |
| Publication date: | 27th April 2018 |
| Author: | Shawn Malley |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Popular culture Cultural studies Film: styles and genres Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 2000 Comparative literature Television Literary theory Cultural and media studies Archaeology Literature: history and criticism Society and culture: general |
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.Well-known in science fiction for tomb-raiding and mummy-wrangling, the archaeologist has been a rich source for imagining 'strange new worlds' from 'strange old worlds.' But more than a well-spring for SF scenarios, the genre's archaeological imaginary invites us to consider the ideological implications of digging up the past buried in the future. A cultural study of an array of very popular, though often critically-neglected, North American SF film and television texts-running the gamut of telefilms, pseudo-documentaries, teen serial drama and Hollywood blockbusters-Excavating the Future explores the popular archaeological imagination and the political uses to which it is being employed by the U.S. state and its adversaries.
Excavating the Future features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Popular culture, Cultural studies, Film: styles and genres, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 2000, Comparative literature, Television, Literary theory, Cultural and media studies, Archaeology, Literature: history and criticism, Society and culture: general
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Excavating the Future was written by Shawn Malley and published by Liverpool University Press
Excavating the Future has 232 pages
Yes it is part of Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies series
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