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UNINA9910781034203321 |
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Titolo |
The end all around us : apocalyptic texts and popular culture / / edited by John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-49102-5 |
1-315-71113-3 |
1-317-49103-3 |
1-322-45658-5 |
1-84553-765-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Millennialism and society |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NewportKenneth G. C |
WallissJohn <1974-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Popular culture - Religious aspects |
End of the world |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published by Equinox, 2009 an imprint of Acumen. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction / John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport -- Songs of fate, hope and oblivion: Bob Dylan's dystopianism and apocalyticism / Gary Baines -- End of the world music: is extreme metal the sound of the apocalypse? / Keith Kahn-Harris -- Babylon's burning: reggae, Rastafari, and millenarianism / Christopher Partridge -- Apocalypse at the millennium / John Walliss -- "The days are numbered": the romance of death, doom, and deferral in contemporary apocalypse films / Lee Quinby -- Making things new: regeneration and transcendence in Anime / Mick Broderick -- Selling faith without selling out: reading the Left Behind novels in the context of popular culture / Jennie Chapman -- "The shadow of the end": the appeal of apocalypse in literary science fiction / Roslyn Weaver -- An end times virtual "Ekklesia": ritual deliberation in participatory media / Robert Glenn Howard. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. The essays draw on representations of the |
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