John Walliss, Kenneth G C Newport

The End All Around Us

Apocalyptic Texts and Popular Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

The Apocalypse or end times are a recurrent theme within contemporary popular culture. 'The End All Around Us' presents a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of the apocalypse within art, literature, music and film.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781845532628
• ISBN-10: 1845532627
• Artikelnr.: 26022519

Autorenporträt

John Walliss and Kenneth G. C. Newport, both Liverpool Hope University

Inhaltsangabe

Series IntroductionBrenda Brasher1. IntroductionJohn Walliss and Kenneth
G.C. Newport2. Songs of Fate, Hope and Oblivion: Dylan's Dystopianism and
ApocalypticismGary Baines (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa)3.
End of the World Music: Is Extreme Metal the Sound of the Apocalypse?Keith
Kahn-Harris (Open University)4. Babylon's Burning: Reggae, Rastafari, and
Millenarianism Christopher Partridge (University of Lancaster)5. Apocalypse
at the MillenniumJohn Walliss6. 'The Days are Numbered:' The Romance of
Death, Doom, and Deferral in Contemporary Apocalypse Films"Lee Quinby
(Mccauley Honors College, CUNY)7. Making Things New: Regeneration and
Transcendence in AnimeMick Broderick (Murdoch University, Australia)8.
Selling Faith without Selling Out: Reading the Left Behind Novels in the
Context of Popular CultureJennie Chapman (University of Manchester)9. 'The
Shadow of the End:' The Appeal of Apocalypse in Literary Science
FictionRoslyn Weaver (University of Wollongong, NSW)10. An End Times
Virtual 'Ekklesia:' Ritual Deliberation in Participatory MediaRobert Glenn
Howard (The University of Wisconsin)