The legacy of the X-files / [edited by] James Fenwick and Diane A. Rodgers.

Other author Fenwick, James (Film historian)
Other author Rodgers, Diane A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Descriptionx, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: A critical reflection on 30-years of The X-Files / James Fenwick and Diane A. Rodgers -- Space and location in The X-Files / Matt Melia -- 'Mulder, it's me' : intimacy, invasion and mobile phones / Victoria Scrimer and Nicholas Stanton -- Artificial intelligence, surveillance and the (post)human in The X-Files / Alex Goody and Antonia Mackay -- Agentic oil and petrocultures : black oil in The X-Files / Chantelle Mitchell and Jaxon Waterhouse -- Believe the lie : digital visual effects in The X-Files / Tom Livingstone -- 'I want to believe' : how UFOs conquered The X-Files / David Clarke -- (Cult)ural tensions : new religious movements and The X-Files / Racheal Harris -- The end of history? : contesting the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s in The X-Files / Gregory Frame -- 'You believe what you want to believe--that's what everybody does now' : The X-Files, fake news and the rise of QAnon / Bethan Jones -- To escape a legacy : the influence of Twin Peaks on The X-Files / Briac Picart Hellec -- A very scary X-Mas : an examination of the Christmas episodes of The X-Files and Millennium / Will Lorenzo -- 'The Truth is...' inside the panels! : comic adaptations of The X-Files / Iris Haist -- "X Files till I DIE" : fan memory from the X-Philes / Janelle Vermaak Griessel and Natalie Le Clue -- Reading into the romance : gender, genre and the rabid fangirls of The X-Files / Marissa Spada -- 'The real is out there' : digital games and cyberculture at the threshold of virtual reality in The X-Files / Ivan Girina and Andra Ivănescu -- A reparative reading of mad/disabled Black veterans in 'Sleepless' / Lzz Johnk and Gabrielle Miller -- 'I'm a medical doctor, and a scientist' : powerful women, angry men and representational violence in The X-Files / Erin Siodmak -- Invasion of body snatchers : Fox Mulder's queerness, monstrosity and status quo / Klára Feikusová -- 'A collection of human curiosities' : disability in The X-Files / Andrew Sydlik -- The Scully effect : The X-Files and women in STEM / Jolene Mendel.
Abstract "From discussions of its impact on contemporary television and popular culture through explorations of its use of UFOlogy, conspiracy and technology, this edited collection brings together a diverse range of academics from an assortment of fields to consider the enduring cultural legacy of The X-Files on its thirtieth anniversary"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2023019800
ISBN9781501387630 (hardback)
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