Nerd ecology : : defending the earth with unpopular culture / / Anthony Lioi.
"Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix,...
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Superior document: | Environmental cultures series |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Environmental cultures series.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Nerd Ecology; 2 Stellar Cosmopolitans: Star Trek and a Federation of Species; 3 The Destruction of the Sky: Virtual Worlds as Refuge; 4 The Great Music: Restoration as Counter-Apocalypse in the Tolkien Legendarium; 5 Slayer and Signal: Joss Whedon Versus the Big Bads; 6 Icons of Survival: Metahumanism as Planetary Defense; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index