Being bionic : the world of TV cyborgs / / Bronwen Calvert
| Being bionic : the world of TV cyborgs / / Bronwen Calvert |
| Autore | Calvert Bronwen |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 243 pages:) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Investigating cult TV |
| Soggetto topico |
Science fiction television programs - History and criticism
Cyborgs in popular culture Cyborgs in motion pictures Cyborgs in mass media |
| ISBN |
1-350-98548-1
1-78672-102-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Troubled boundaries and transformative cyborgs -- Exterminate, upgrade: Doctor Who -- Resistance, assimilation and the collective: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager -- Toasters and replicas: Battlestar Galactica -- 'Between life and death': Embodiment and virtuality in Caprica -- The cyborg as action hero: Bionic Woman -- Us and them: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Hacking the system: Dollhouse -- Complete control: Fringe -- Conclusion: Cyborg futures. |
| Altri titoli varianti | World of TV cyborgs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162792303321 |
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From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost
| From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost |
| Autore | Yost Kimberly <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Science Fiction Television |
| Soggetto topico |
Leadership on television
Science fiction television programs - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4422-2986-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464439303321 |
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From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost
| From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost |
| Autore | Yost Kimberly <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Science Fiction Television |
| Soggetto topico |
Leadership on television
Science fiction television programs - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4422-2986-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. Starship captains -- Military leaders lost in space -- Military leaders and galactic outposts -- Military leaders and the apocalypse -- Section 2. Prophet politicians -- Political leaders in Babylon 5 -- Political leaders in Battlestar Galactica -- Spiritual leaders -- Section 3. Galactic rebels -- Emergent leaders -- Rebel leaders -- Shared leadership -- Leadership in science fiction television -- Filmography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789159503321 |
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 | ||
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From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost
| From starship captains to galactic rebels : leaders in science fiction television / / Kimberly Yost |
| Autore | Yost Kimberly <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Science Fiction Television |
| Soggetto topico |
Leadership on television
Science fiction television programs - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4422-2986-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. Starship captains -- Military leaders lost in space -- Military leaders and galactic outposts -- Military leaders and the apocalypse -- Section 2. Prophet politicians -- Political leaders in Babylon 5 -- Political leaders in Battlestar Galactica -- Spiritual leaders -- Section 3. Galactic rebels -- Emergent leaders -- Rebel leaders -- Shared leadership -- Leadership in science fiction television -- Filmography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820320203321 |
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Time travel television : the past from the present, the future from the past / / edited by Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitc
| Time travel television : the past from the present, the future from the past / / edited by Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Science fiction television |
| Soggetto topico |
Science fiction television programs - History and criticism
Time travel on television |
| ISBN | 1-4422-5577-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On Disassociative Configurations of Time and Space; Part I: Examining Origins; 2 Trekking through Postmodern Time in Star Trek: The Next Generation; 3 Time Travel as Trope in Television Series; 4 No Fate, or Is There?; 5 From Slingshots to Prophetic Orbs; 6 A Tempting Narrative or a Temporal Gimmick; 7 "The Last Best Hope for Peace"; Part II: Correcting the Past; 8 The Past Comes Back to Kill You; 9 "It's All in Books!"; 10 Creating the Past; 11 Doctor Who and History
12 Historical Approaches to History in The Time Tunnel, Voyagers!, and Quantum Leap13 Altering Human Evolution; 14 "Time Machines Are Nothin' but Trouble"; 15 Now Voyagers!; 16 Star Trek: Voyager and Time Travel; 17 Many Roads Traveled; Part III: Exploring the Future; 18 Twenty-Five Years of Smegging Up the Time-Space Continuum; 19 The Time Tunnel; 20 The Impossible Girl and the New World; 21 Narrative and Paradoxes in Doctor Who "Time-Loop" Stories; 22 "Did I Mention It Also Travels in Time?"; Bibliography; Videography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797685603321 |
| Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Time travel television : the past from the present, the future from the past / / edited by Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitc
| Time travel television : the past from the present, the future from the past / / edited by Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/615 |
| Collana | Science fiction television |
| Soggetto topico |
Science fiction television programs - History and criticism
Time travel on television |
| ISBN | 1-4422-5577-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On Disassociative Configurations of Time and Space; Part I: Examining Origins; 2 Trekking through Postmodern Time in Star Trek: The Next Generation; 3 Time Travel as Trope in Television Series; 4 No Fate, or Is There?; 5 From Slingshots to Prophetic Orbs; 6 A Tempting Narrative or a Temporal Gimmick; 7 "The Last Best Hope for Peace"; Part II: Correcting the Past; 8 The Past Comes Back to Kill You; 9 "It's All in Books!"; 10 Creating the Past; 11 Doctor Who and History
12 Historical Approaches to History in The Time Tunnel, Voyagers!, and Quantum Leap13 Altering Human Evolution; 14 "Time Machines Are Nothin' but Trouble"; 15 Now Voyagers!; 16 Star Trek: Voyager and Time Travel; 17 Many Roads Traveled; Part III: Exploring the Future; 18 Twenty-Five Years of Smegging Up the Time-Space Continuum; 19 The Time Tunnel; 20 The Impossible Girl and the New World; 21 Narrative and Paradoxes in Doctor Who "Time-Loop" Stories; 22 "Did I Mention It Also Travels in Time?"; Bibliography; Videography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824713203321 |
| Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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