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Author Badmington, Neil, 1971-

Title Alien chic : posthumanism and the other within / Neil Badmington.

Publication Info. London : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 203 pages)
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Contents Introduction : they all laughed -- Reading the Red Planet ; or, little green men at work -- It lives! ; or, the persistence of humanism -- I want to be leaving ; or, tracking alien abduction -- Alien objects, human subjects -- A crisis of versus : rereading the alien -- Conclusion : from difference to differance (with an 'a').
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-196) and index.
Summary Alien Chic sets out to provide a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking why our attitudes to aliens have changed from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others.
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Subject Human-alien encounters -- Public opinion -- History.
Human-alien encounters.
Public opinion.
History.
Martians -- Public opinion -- History.
Martians.
Humanism -- History.
Humanism.
Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
Science fiction films.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Badmington, Neil, 1971- Alien chic. London : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2004002290
ISBN 020330764X (electronic book)
0203687345 (electronic book)
9780203687345 (electronic book)
9780203307649
020330764X
0415310229 (Cloth)
0415310237 (paperback ; alkaline paper)