Katherine E. Sugg

Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture

Allegories of White Masculinity in Crisis

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781476667850
• ISBN-10: 1476667853
• Artikelnr.: 64187780

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: White Masculinity and the Liberal Apocalypse Allegory in Popular Culture One.
Neoliberal Apocalypse, Capitalist Realism, and the Status of Critique in Children of Men and Mad Max: Fury Road Two.
Settler Colonialism, Gender, and Joss Whedon's Firefly/Serenity: The Limits of White Irony Three.
Crises of Masculine and Neoliberal Subjection in The Walking Dead Four.
Futurities and Speculative Fictions in Sci-Fi Cinema: Sleep Dealer and Snowpiercer Conclusion. Allegory with a Vengeance in The Girl with All the Gifts Chapter Notes Bibliography Index