“E.T. Culture is a very strong theoretical intervention and a fascinating read. It is remarkable for its expansive, multiple-explanations approach. Each article makes a different, and each a compelling, argument for what UFOness is all about.”—Kathleen Stewart, author of A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an “Other” America “Who would have guessed in this dark and fearful time that a collection of essays on aliens would offer so much hope? Debbora Battaglia and her contributors open up new spaces for thinking. They provide us with room to breathe. Approaching otherness and the uncanny not with anxiety but with optimism, her anthropology of visits invites us to make ourselves open to ambiguity, an invitation which, in an unfortunate age of absolutes, we would all do well to accept.”—Jodi Dean, author of Aliens in America: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace “[T]his work breaks new ground for anthropology by shedding light on an important aspect of our popular culture—one that is often overlooked in the literature of our discipline, despite its relevance to central themes like race, language, culture, power, politics, and religion.”
Sean P. O’Neill
American Anthropologist