LEADER 02776nam 2200517 450 001 9910807971903321 005 20230803021706.0 010 $a1-62103-989-7 010 $a1-61703-903-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001118426 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000234228 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181937 035 $a(OCoLC)841051235 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28614 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10765106 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL518766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001118426 100 $a20130417d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlotting apocalypse $ereading, agency, and identity in the Left Behind series /$fJennie Chapman 210 1$aJackson :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) 311 $a1-299-87515-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCracking the prophecy code: reading as an act of agency -- The paranoia of plot: narrative, conspiracy, and agency -- "What a show!" apocalyptic spectacle and the agency of watching -- "In the world but not of it": agency and social engagement -- A very American apocalypse: Left Behind's neoliberal end-times vision -- The revelation will be televised: media, celebrity, and authority in Left Behind -- Negotiated agency: female subjectivities at the end of history -- Queering the apocalypse: homosocial, homophobic, and homoerotic subjectivities in Left Behind -- Conclusion: Both now and not yet: reading in the shadow of the rapture. 330 8 $aThe 'Left Behind' series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins have been instrumental in disseminating and popularising 'rapture theology' in the contemporary period, selling some 65 million copies worldwide and revitalising the evangelical publishing industry in the U.S. 'Plotting Apocalypse' develops an in-depth critical analysis of LaHaye and Jenkins' bestselling series, including the sequel and prequels, showing how the 'Left Behind' series functions as a space where the conundrum of evangelical agency can be staged and, perhaps, resolved. 606 $aApocalypse in literature 606 $aChristian fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRapture (Christian eschatology) 615 0$aApocalypse in literature. 615 0$aChristian fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRapture (Christian eschatology) 676 $a813/.54 700 $aChapman$b Jennie$01700030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807971903321 996 $aPlotting apocalypse$94082717 997 $aUNINA