Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files (Television and Popular Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (527 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815604076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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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?. The essays in this groundbreaking work constitute a serious look at this controversial-and phenomenally popular -- television show
INTERESTING, BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE Lauryn Angel Overall, this is an interesting and entertaining volume, but these essays are not for everyone. The essays approach the show from a wide variety of critical angles, which I found quite intriguing. The only major problem I had with the book is that although the writers had 49 episodes to derive material from, they not only chose the same ten episodes to write about, most of them used the same quotes from those episodes. It's almost as if the writers were given these quotes and told to use them in an essay. The best essays in the volume were Leslie Jones's "'Last Week We. The truth is in here W. M. Y. It is impossible for any urban dweller not to notice the vast array of merchandising that has sprouted from the success of the television show, "The X-Files". That is, of course, the point. Urban dwellers, aged eighteen- to forty-nine comprise a "quality demographic" in the surveys of advertising executives and have therefore become the contemporary focus of television producers, as we are told by Jimmie Reeves in his essay "Rewriting Popularity", one of the collection edited by David Lavery, professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University."Deny all knowledge. Uberspooky@aol.com said Academic yet entertaining.. At first glace this book seems overwrought with metaphors and overblown interpretations of the show; these authors delve into details that I, as the most avid of fans, would never have noticed. If you are willing to put this aside, and enjoy it for what it is, this is a must have for fans you want more than the trivialities found in many of the other unauthorized books out there. The take on the Mulder/Scully relationship is interesting to say the least, and it provides a look at the online fan base like so few of the other books have. The essay on gender liminality wa
He is author/co-author/editor/co-editor of twelve books on television. . David Lavery is Chair in Film and Television at Brunel University, London. Angela Hague and David Lavery are professors of English at Middle Tennessee State University
About the Author David Lavery is Chair in Film and Television at Brunel University, London. Angela Hague and David Lavery are professors of English at Middle Tennessee State University. He is author/co-author/editor/co-editor of twelve books on television.