| Description |
x, 183 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: After the World Ends, Again; Barbara Gurr -- PART I: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME ... -- 1. Organisms and Human Bodies as Contagions in the Post-Apocalyptic State; Robert Booth -- 2. Masculinity, Race, and the (Re?)Imagined American Frontier; Barbara Gurr -- 3. Harbinger of Death: Starbuck and the Future of Woman in the Post-Apocalyptic Universe of Battlestar Galactica; Tracey Raney and Michelle Meagher -- 4. The Visibility and Invisibility of Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality in The Hunger GameS; Mary Burke and Maura Kelly -- 5. Post-Apocalyptic Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Firefly; J. Edward Sumerau and Sarah L. Jirek -- PART II: THE FUTURE IN FLUX -- 6. Queer Resistance in an Imperfect Allegory: The Politics of Sexuality in True Blood; Stacy Missari -- 7. Woman as Evolution: The Feminist Promise of the Resident Evil Film Series; Andrea Harris -- 8. Cops and Zombies: Hierarchy and Social Location in The Walking Dead; Melissa Lavin and Brian Lowe -- 9. 'We don't do history': Constructing Masculinity in a World of Blood; Amanda Hobson -- 10. The Apocalypse Is No-Thing To Wish For: Revisioning Traumatic Masculinities in John Hillcoat's The Road; Brent Strang -- 11. Propagation and Procreation: the Zombie and the Child; James Berger -- Afterward; Barbara Gurr. |
| Summary |
"This multidisciplinary collection examines post-apocalyptic TV and film for the ways in which these narratives reveal, reproduce, and occasionally resist twenty-first century anxieties and desires around race, gender, and sexuality. Contributors consider the complex interplay between popular culture, social fears and desires, hope and horror through readings of the post-apocalypse in The Walking Dead, True Blood, Falling Skies, Resident Evil, and others"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Apocalyptic television programs -- History and criticism.
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Apocalyptic television programs. |
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Apocalyptic films -- History and criticism.
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Apocalyptic films. |
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Sex role on television.
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Sex role on television. |
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures. |
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Race in motion pictures.
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Race in motion pictures. |
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Race on television.
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Race on television. |
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Television programs -- Social aspects.
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Television programs -- Social aspects. |
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Television programs. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Gurr, Barbara Anne, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137493330 (ePub) |
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9781137501509 (hardback) |
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1137501502 (hardback) |
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9781137493316 (ePDF) |
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