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The last midnight : essays on apocalyptic narratives in millennial media / edited by Leisa A. Clark, Amanda Firestone and Mary F. Pharr.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 53.
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apocalypse in mass media.
- Mass media--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Mass media.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 263 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This collection of new essays explores apocalyptic themes and narratives in a variety of post-millennial media, including film, television, video games, webisodes and smartphone apps"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- I Culture, Values and Anxiety
- The South Will Rise Again: Contagion, War and Reconstruction in The Walking Dead, Seasons One Through Five / Angela Tenga Tenga, Angela 37
- The Recuperation of Wounded Hegemonic Masculinity on Doomsday Preppers / Tiffany A. Christian Christian, Tiffany A. 48
- The Last Non-Judgment: Postmodern Apocalypse in Battlestar Galactica / Stephen Joyce Joyce, Stephen 60
- The Emergence of the Lost Apocalypse from 28 Days Later to Snowpiercer / Mark McCarthy McCarthy, Mark 69
- II Globalization, Corporate Power and Class Struggles
- Going Viral in a World Gone Global: How Contagion Reinvents the Outbreak Narrative / Dahlia Schweitzer Schweitzer, Dahlia 79
- The Second Coming of Left Behind and the Deglobalization of Christian Apocalypse / Tim Bryant Bryant, Tim 90
- Corporate Abuse and Social Inequality in RoboCop and Fido / Bill Clemente Clemente, Bill 101
- We Go Forward: An Inquiry into The Hunger Games and Other Class-Based Dystopias in Millennial Cinema / Lennart Sobbron Sobbron, Lennart 112
- III Memory and Identity
- Determined About Determinism: Genetic Manipulation, Memory and Identity in Shaping the Postapocalyptic Self in Dark Angel and Divergent / Max Despain Despain, Max 123
- The Apocalyptic Mental Time Travel Film: Erasing Disaster in Edge of Tomorrow and X-Men: Days of Future Past / Ryan Lizardi Lizardi, Ryan 134
- In the Flesh: The Politics of Apocalyptic Memory / Frances Auld Auld, Frances 144
- In Search of a New Paradise and the Construction of Hell in The 100 / Ceren Mert Mert, Ceren, Amanda Firestone Firestone, Amanda 154
- IV Simulation, Psychology and Inevitability
- The Apocalypse Will Not Take Place: Megamonster Films (Cloverfield, Pacific Rim, Godzilla) in the Postmodern Age / Sharon Diane King King, Sharon Diane 165
- Psychological Significance Within Postapocalyptic Film: Two Unique Approaches to Adaptation / Patrick L. Smith Smith, Patrick L. 174
- "To Err Is Human": The Human Species and the Inevitable Apocalypse in The World's End / Mary F. Pharr Pharr, Mary F. 185
- V Being Human in a Techno-Universe
- More Man Than Machine: The Construction of Body and Identity in Battlestar Galactica and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles / Leisa A. Clark Clark, Leisa A. 195
- Techno-Apocalypse: Technology Religion and Ideology in Bryan Singer's H+ / Eddie Brennan Brennan, Eddie 206
- Technoscience as Alien Invasion in XCOM: Enemy Within / Bjarke Liboriussen Liboriussen, Bjarke 216
- Running for My Life: Convergence Culture, Transmedia Storytelling and Community Building in the Smartphone Application Zombies, Run! / Amanda Firestone Firestone, Amanda 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476663234
- 1476663238
- OCLC:
- 948547932
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