Sith, Slayers, Stargates, + Cyborgs: Modern Mythology in the New Millennium: 19 (Popular Culture and Everyday Life) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433100959 ISBN 13: 9781433100956

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2007

Synopsis

The beginning of the twenty-first century has already seen its fair share of modern myths with heroes such as Spider-Man, Superman, and Harry Potter. The authors in this volume deconstruct, discuss, engage, and interrogate the mythologies of the new millennium in science fiction fantasy texts. Using literary and rhetorical criticism – paired with philosophy, cultural studies, media arts, psychology, and communication studies – they illustrate the function, value, and role of new mythologies, and show that the universal appeal of these texts is their mythic power, drawing upon archetypes of the past which resonate with individuals and throughout culture. In this way they demonstrate how mythology is timeless and eternal.

About this title

About the Author

The Editors: David Whitt is Assistant Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
John Perlich is Associate Professor at Hastings College, Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433100959
• ISBN 13: 9781433100956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 230
• Editor: Whitt David, Perlich John