Overview

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.

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Author:   Katherine E. Sugg
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781476667850

ISBN 10:   1476667853
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   11 March 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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

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"""...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 race, gender, and media studies at Hampshire College"

...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 race, gender, and media studies at Hampshire College

Author Information

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.

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