Research Catalog

Title

Plagues, apocalypses and bug-eyed monsters : how speculative fiction shows us our nightmares / Heather Urbanski.

Author

Urbanski, Heather, 1975-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.

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Details

Description

viii, 255 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Speculative fiction occupies a special position in contemporary American culture: It shows us our nightmares and contributes to our efforts to avoid them. That contribution, via the cautionary tale, is what has been captured and analyzed in this volume, which focuses on the nightmares and warnings reflected in prose, film, and television"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Science fiction, American > History and criticism
• Horror tales, American > History and criticism
• Horror in literature
• Horror in mass media
• Plague in literature
• Apocalypse in literature
• Monsters in literature
• Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
• Mass media > United States > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-241) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Nuclear war -- Information technology -- Biology -- From Frankenstein to the Terminator and everything in between : science and technology images in the mainstream media -- pt. 2. Power. Power of the individual -- Power of the state -- Big brother and Darth Vader on the evening news : power images in the mainstream media -- pt. 3. The unknown -- Monsters, aliens, and "other" beings -- Progress -- Resistance is futile for Rip Van Winkle in the Twilight Zone : images of the unknown in the mainstream media.

ISBN

• 9780786429165 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 078642916X (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006035094

OCLC

• 74568756
• SCSB-12891814

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library