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Author Johnson-Smith, Jan

Title American science fiction TV : Star Trek, Stargate and beyond / Jan Johnson-Smith
Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Series Popular television genres
Popular television genres.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One. Science Fiction in Context; One. Science Fiction; Two. Histories; Part Two. The Series; Three. Yesterday's Enterprise; Four. The Sacrifice of Angels; Five. Wormhole X-treme!; Six. Babylon 5; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary From Star Trek to Farscape and Stargate SG-1, and the epic series Babylon 5, Jan Johnson-Smith shows how, in line with national political upheavals in the 1960s, this vibrant and perplexing genre set about developing the myth of the Western frontier into deep space. Looking at the sense of wonder that infuses science fiction, she traces the genre back to the heroic journeys of the Classical epic as well as to the notion of the sublime so deeply embedded in the American consciousness. Drawing on Caldwell's notion of televisuality, she shows how sfx and cgi technologies have made it possible to
Notes Based on a Ph. D. thesis entitled "Between the Candle and the Star"--Bournemouth University, 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Science fiction television programs -- United States
PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- Reference.
Science fiction television programs
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1417583649
9781417583645
9781860648823
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9781282528772
9786612528774
661252877X
0857710354
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Other Titles American science fiction television