Jodi Dean publishes 'Aliens in America'

When: 1998
Sources: 1 public source

Political theorist Jodi Dean, author of 'Aliens in America' (1998) Institute of Network Cultures from the Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornell University Press published political scientist Jodi Dean's study of UFO and abduction culture, which treated aliens as cultural icons of distrust and conspiracy in late-1990s America. The New York Review of Books gave it a sharply critical cover review.

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PressAliens book published by Cornell University Press attracts some out-of-this-world attention (opens in a new tab)Cornell Chronicle / 1998-07-20

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