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Plotting apocalypse reading, agency, and identity in the Left Behind series

Title
Plotting apocalypse [electronic resource] : reading, agency, and identity in the Left Behind series / Jennie Chapman.
Author
Chapman, Jennie.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Plotting apocalypse (Online)
Alternative Title
Plotting apocalypse (Online)
Subject
  • LaHaye, Tim, 1926-2016
  • Christian fiction, American > History and criticism
  • Rapture (Christian eschatology)
  • Apocalypse in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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Contents
Cracking the prophecy code: reading as an act of agency -- The paranoia of plot: narrative, conspiracy, and agency -- "What a show!" apocalyptic spectacle and the agency of watching -- "In the world but not of it": agency and social engagement -- A very American apocalypse: Left Behind's neoliberal end-times vision -- The revelation will be televised: media, celebrity, and authority in Left Behind -- Negotiated agency: female subjectivities at the end of history -- Queering the apocalypse: homosocial, homophobic, and homoerotic subjectivities in Left Behind -- Conclusion: Both now and not yet: reading in the shadow of the rapture.
LCCN
2013015891
OCLC
ssj0001000502
Author
Chapman, Jennie.
Title
Plotting apocalypse [electronic resource] : reading, agency, and identity in the Left Behind series / Jennie Chapman.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Chapman, Jennie. Plotting apocalypse Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013 9781617039034 (DLC) 2013011731
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