Science-fiction Studies, Volume 30, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2003 - Science fiction |
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Page 218
... past , and the boxing , pigeonholing , and encasing of knowledge that follows from such an assumption and surfaces in the comments of a figure such as Sir Joseph.2 The Mummy , however , like many other horror films of its era ...
... past , and the boxing , pigeonholing , and encasing of knowledge that follows from such an assumption and surfaces in the comments of a figure such as Sir Joseph.2 The Mummy , however , like many other horror films of its era ...
Page 222
... past life , he suggests , embodies the most powerful sort of discourse found in the genre , that of " unconscious desires " or dreams , personal demons that the horror film disconcertingly materializes but then dispels ( 18 ) . More ...
... past life , he suggests , embodies the most powerful sort of discourse found in the genre , that of " unconscious desires " or dreams , personal demons that the horror film disconcertingly materializes but then dispels ( 18 ) . More ...
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... past , present , and future : the present becomes an outcome , not of the receding past , but of the emerging risks of the future . Yet these expert systems are not seamless . Risk theorists argue that the traditionally privileged ...
... past , present , and future : the present becomes an outcome , not of the receding past , but of the emerging risks of the future . Yet these expert systems are not seamless . Risk theorists argue that the traditionally privileged ...
Contents
Anthropology Science | 180 |
The Mummys | 217 |
Istvan CsicseryRonay Jr Science Fiction and Empire | 231 |
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