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With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology transforms our humanity.
In compiling this collection, the editors sought material as multifaceted as the series itself, devoting sections to specific areas of interest explored by both the writers of Fringe and the writers of the essays: humanity, duality, genre and viewership.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Humanity
"The Whole World Is Their Lab": The Scientist as Villain,
the Scientist as Hero (Val Nolan)
Nothing but Tech: Cyborgs and the Human Question (Paul Zinder)
Women with the Agency: Dana Scully, Temperance Brennan and Olivia Dunham (Rhonda V. Wilcox)
"We Were Trying to Make You More Than You Were": The Singularity, Transhumanism and Shapeshifting (Zak Bronson)
Part II: Duality
Same ... Yet Other: Interpersonal Communication Across Alternate Worlds (Eleanor Sandry)
"You're a Smart Boy. But There Is Much You Don't Know": A Quantitative Examination of Intelligence, Wisdom and Family Relationships (Heather M. Porter)
Myth(re)making and Border Crossings: Exploring the Classical
Predecessors (Scott Daley)
Nature vs. Nurture: The Psychology of the Twins at the Apple's
Core (Sherry Ginn)
Part III: Genre
"You Don't Even Need the Island to Be Weird": J. J. Abrams and the Weirding of the Small Screen (Stan Hunter Kranc)
Asking the Biopunk Questions: Opposition and Interrogation in Olivia Dunham and Walter Bishop (Jennifer McStotts)
The Television Musical: An Alternate Universe of Storytelling (Christopher M. Culp)
"This Means Bodies": Body Horror and the Influence of David Cronenberg (Bronwen Calvert)
Part IV: Viewership
Observation on the Fringe: September's Observation and Narrative
Participation as a Template for Viewer Agency (Julie L. Hawk)
Teasing the Audience: Construction of Meaning Through the
Opening Title Sequence (Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla and Javier Lozano Delmar)
Paratextual Mediation: Fox, Fandom and Death-Slot Fridays (Tanya R. Cochran)
Appendix: Fringe Episode List
About the Contributors
Index
