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Apocalypse and heroism in popular culture : allegories of White masculinity in crisis
- Title
- Apocalypse and heroism in popular culture : allegories of White masculinity in crisis / Katherine E. Sugg.
- Author
- Sugg, Katherine
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- v, 232 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Over the past two decades, stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics and dystopian world orders fill our screens-typically with a singular figure or tenacious group tasked with saving or salvaging the world. Why are stories of End Times crisis so popular with audiences? And why is the hero so often a white man who overcomes personal struggles and incredible obstacles to lead humanity toward a restored future? This book examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in narratives like The Walking Dead, Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road. Some have familiar roots in Western cultural traditions yet many question popular assumptions about heroes and heroism to tell new and fascinating stories about race, gender and society and the power of individuals to change the world."--
- Subject
- Heroes in motion pictures
- Heroes on television
- Apocalypse in motion pictures
- Apocalypse on television
- End of the world > Philosophy
- Men, White, in mass media
- Masculinity in mass media
- Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century
- Television programs > United States > History > 21st century
- Masculinity in motion pictures
- Masculinity on television
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-3868
- ISBN
- 9781476667850
- 1476667853
- LCCN
- 2022002124
- OCLC
- 1267687614
- Author
- Sugg, Katherine, author.
- Title
- Apocalypse and heroism in popular culture : allegories of White masculinity in crisis / Katherine E. Sugg.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-3868