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Are we living in a disaster movie? : how genre conventions predict the plot of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Title
- Are we living in a disaster movie? : how genre conventions predict the plot of the COVID-19 pandemic / Brian A. Shaer.
- Author
- Shaer, Brian A., 1976-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2022.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 225 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- ""Some periods of history contain so many compounded disasters that the events seem to take creative inspiration from disaster movies. In the early 2020s, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world and thrust populations into a state of uncertainty and fear as seen in movies like Outbreak, The Towering Inferno or Armageddon. Birthed from the author's original research on disaster movies, this book argues that the life cycle of COVID-19 closely parallels various apocalyptic films, from the personas of the main players to the strike of the cataclysm itself. To view the COVID-19 pandemic through the language of disaster movies, the book identifies the movies that mirror (or, rather, predicted) each stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, extensively analyzing the similarities between the films and real-life events. A filmography of the featured disaster movies concludes the book.""--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216), filmography (pages 209-210) and index.
- Contents
- The preamble -- Act one. Who are we? -- Where are we? -- Act two. All Hell breaks loose -- The primary disaster -- The poignant character -- Proactive vs. Reactive -- Supporting characters: will they and won't they? -- Act three. Out of the woods -- The second disaster -- The settle down -- The coda.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-4318
- ISBN
- 9781476687292
- 1476687293
- LCCN
- 2022031087
- OCLC
- 1291506787
- Author
- Shaer, Brian A., 1976- author.
- Title
- Are we living in a disaster movie? : how genre conventions predict the plot of the COVID-19 pandemic / Brian A. Shaer.
- 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 211-216), filmography (pages 209-210) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-4318