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Author:
Cowan, Douglas E.
Title:
Sacred space : the quest for transcendence in science fiction film and television / Douglas E. Cowan.
Publisher:
Baylor University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xi, 314 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Science fiction films--History and criticism.
Science fiction television programs--History and criticism.
Religion in motion pictures.
Religion on television.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index. "Filmography": p. 275-283.
Contents:
Pt. I. Science fiction and the quest for transcendence. The brightness against the black -- Pinocchio's galaxy : science fiction and the question of transcendence -- First contact : human exceptionalism in the calculus of transcendence -- "Intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic" : The war of the worlds and the transcendence of modernity -- Pt. II. Science fiction and the modes of transcendence. Heeding the prophets' call : Star Trek : Deep space nine -- The von Däniken paradox : Stargate SG-1 -- All alone in the night : Babylon 5 -- So say we all : Battlestar Galactica -- The truth is out there : transcendence and the neverending quest.
ISBN:
1602582386 (alk. paper)
9781602582385 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)445480598
LCCN:
2009039507
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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