Contents
Introduction
Sara Gwenllian-Jones and Roberta E. Pearson
Part I. Cult
1. Toward a Constructivist Approach to Media Cults
Philippe Le Guern
2. The Mainstream, Distinction, and Cult TV
Mark Jancovich and Nathan Hunt
3. Quality Science Fiction: Babylon 5's Metatextual Universe
Petra Kuppers
4. "Bright Particular Star": Patrick Stewart, Jean-Luc Picard, and Cult Television
Roberta Pearson
Part II. Fictions
5. Virtual Reality and Cult Television
Sara Gwenllian-Jones
6. Charactor; or, The Strange Case of Uma Peel
David A. Black
7. Flexing Those Anthropological Muscles: X-Files, Cult TV, and the Representation of Race and Ethnicity
Karen Backstein
8. Monsters and Metaphors: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Old World
Mary Hammond
Part III. Fans
9. How to Tell the Difference between Production and Consumption: A Case Study in Doctor Who Fandom
Alan McKee
10. Trainspotting The Avengers
Toby Miller
11. Star Trek, Heaven's Gate, and Textual Transcendence
Jeffrey Sconce
12. A Kind of German Star Trek: Raumpatrouille Orion and the Life of a Cult TV Series
Eva Vieth
Contributors
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Television programs