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Jews in Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream

Valerie Estelle Frankel

First published 2022
Publisher Lexington Books
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages 296
Price $120.00
ISBN 9781666901450

  • The Introduction is uncredited, but as the anthology Jews in Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream gives no credit for this essay, editor Valerie Estelle Frankel not only gets the credit, but the blame.
  • All publishing data from Amazon, and its Read Sample feature, as of 2022-08-19 and 2024-03-12.
  • No cover artist/designer credited.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Jews In Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream) uncredited Essay
5 "Discovery Requires Experimentation": Centering Nazi-Fighting Ideology Without Judaism In Genre Television Erin Giannini Essay
23 Destroyer, Defender, AI, Lover: The Golem in Speculative Fiction Prose and Comics Fraser Sherman Essay
45 "The Golem Was Built to Go to War": The Golem in TV Fiction Mara W. Cohen Ioannides Essay
61 The Origins of Superman: An Unlikely Window into the Jewish American Experience Matthew Diamond Essay
81 Bats and Mitzvahs: Judaism in Modern Batman Comics Jonathan Sexton Essay
109 Have Onscreen Superheroes Lost Their Faith?: Considering Marvel, Magneto, the Arrowverse, and Harley Quinn Valerie Estelle Frankel Essay
131 Making a Jewish Case for Ferenginar: Redeeming Star Trek's Worst Archetypes Miriam Eve Mora Essay
151 Who Brings the Messiah?: Klingon Messianism and Anti-Messianism in Star Trek: TNG Ari Elias-Bachrach Essay
169 Across Galaxies: How Science Fiction Echoes the Jewish Experience Under Colonization Sarah Katz Essay
183 Mandalorian Midrash: Space Jews and Ancient Exegetical Analysis in Star Wars' The Mandalorian Caleb Horowitz Essay
209 Zombies and Educating Jewish Brains Rabbi Matthew Nover & Heather Nover Essay
225 The Quest for the Kosher Dragon: Who's the Mensch in Middle-Earth? Arthur S. Harrow Essay
241 Avatar: The Last Airbender and Judaism: Several Curious Connections Ellen Levitt Essay
257 The Twilight Zone as Jewish Science Fiction Judy Klass Essay
275 Conclusion (Jews In Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream) uncredited Essay
277 Index (Jews In Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream) uncredited Essay
285 About the Editor and the Contributors (Jews In Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Jews in Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream Cover 2022 Lexington Books eBook Nonfiction
Jews in Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream Cover 2023 Lexington Books Trade Paperback Nonfiction 296