Jill E. Anderson

Homemaking for the Apocalypse

Domesticating Horror in Atomic Age Literature & Media

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Produktbeschreibung

In Homemaking for the Apocalypse, Jill E. Anderson interrogates patterns of Atomic Age conformity that controlled the domestic practices and private activities of Americans.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781138304635
• ISBN-10: 1138304638
• Artikelnr.: 60935116

Autorenporträt

Jill E. Anderson is an Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Homemaking for the Apocalypse: Compulsory Normativity,
Banality, and Horror
Chapter 1: Die, Dig, or Get Out; Or, Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Chapter 2: "You can Protect Your Family": Common Prudence, Survival
Insurance, and Fallout Shelters
Chapter 3: The Madonna of the Suburbs: The Ludicrous Horrors of Everyday
Life
Chapter 4: "...we are already but one step removed from pod people":
Compulsory Ableism and the Revenge of the Lawn in Postwar Suburbia
Chapter 5: Population Bombs & Baby Boom: Overpopulation as Apocalypse
Conclusion: Apocalypse Now-ish: (Still) Domesticating Horror