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Post-apocalyptic patriarchy : American television and gendered visions of survival / Carlen Lavigne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lavigne, Carlen, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apocalyptic television programs--United States--History--21st century.
- Apocalyptic television programs.
- Western television programs--United States--History--21st century.
- Western television programs.
- Patriarchy on television.
- Sex role on television.
- Race on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- Twenty-first century American television series such as Revolution , Falling Skies , The Last Ship and The Walking Dead have depicted a variety of doomsday scenarios--nuclear cataclysm, rogue artificial intelligence, pandemic, alien invasion or zombie uprising.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Nuclear attack or nanite apocalypse? the new wild west
- Pandemics, plagues and contagion
- The alien other
- The zombie renaissance
- Parody and the post-apocalypse
- After the fall; the post-post-apocalypse
- Contexts and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3445-9
- OCLC:
- 1076803878
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