Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture

Allegories of White Masculinity in Crisis (livre en anglais)

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de Katherine E. Sugg

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Genre > Catastrophe

Mots Clés

film catastrophe, masculinité, questions raciales

Année d'édition

2022

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

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Format

Broché • 238 pages
15 x 23 cm

ISBN

978-1-4766-6785-0

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Description de l'ouvrage :
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 major obstacles to lead humanity toward a restored future?

This book examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in films 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.

À propos de l'auteur :
Katherine E. Sugg is an associate professor of English at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. She teaches and writes on world literatures, Latin and comparative American studies, and film and media.

Revue de Presse :
"…an excellent contribution to feminist theory, film & media studies, settler colonial critique, and speculative/science fiction studies…elegantly written, beautifully theorized, and quite innovative."—Susana Loza, associate professor of critical race, gender, and media studies at Hampshire College

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