Title: Starring T. rex! : dinosaur mythology and popular culture /
Authors: Sanz, J. L.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Dinosaurs in mass media.; Dinosaurs Mythology.
Abstract: The intersection of science, myth, and popular culture is explored through the story of T. Rex, from the nineteenth-century discovery of his fossil remains to his glorification in popular culture.
Contents: 1. Surprise: The Origin of the Myth -- 2. Dinosaur Hunters: They Really Existed! -- 3. Arthur Conan Doyle, Lost Worlds, and Cavemen -- 4. The Second Dinosaur Rush -- 5. Dinosaur Cartoons: Fantasia -- 6. Were Dinosaurs Stupid? -- 7. Dinosaur Renaissance -- 8. Dinomania -- 9. The Synchrony of Humans and Dinosaurs -- 10. The Myth of the Lost World -- 11. Frozen Dinosaurs -- 12. Time Travels -- 13. Dinosaurs of the Future -- 14. Exodinosaurs -- 15. The New Frontiers of Science: Jurassic Park -- 16. The Extinction of the Dinosaurs -- 17. Nessie and Friends -- 18. Intelligent Dinosaurs -- 19. The Coexistence of Humans and Dinosaurs -- 20. The Conflict between Humans and Dinosaurs -- 21. Dinosaurs and Terror -- 22. What Dinosaurs Looked Like -- 23. Japanese Creatures -- 24. Dragons and Dinosaurs -- 25. The Dinosaurs' Way of Life in the Fantasy Story -- 26. Eggs and Young.