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E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces

E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces

Battaglia, Debbora

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Religion General AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0822336324
ISBN13: 9780822336327
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Jan 30 2006
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Anthropologists have long sought to engage and describe foreign or alien societies, yet few have considered the fluid communities centered around a shared belief in alien beings and UFO sightings and their effect on popular and expressive culture. Opening up a new frontier for anthropological study, the contributors to E.T. Culture take these communities seriously. They demonstrate that an E.T. orientation toward various forms of visitation--including alien beings, alien technologies, and uncanny visions--engages primary concepts underpinning anthropological research: host and visitor, home and away, subjectivity and objectivity. Taking the point of view of those who commit to sci-fi as sci-fact, contributors to this volume show how discussions and representations of otherworldly beings express concerns about racial and ethnic differences, the anxieties and fascination associated with modern technologies, and alienation from the inner workings of government.

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