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? |
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 |
What Do You Think? | 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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Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files David Lavery,Angela Hague,Marla Cartwright Limited preview - 1996 |
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