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Titolo: | The end all around us : apocalyptic texts and popular culture / / edited by John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico: | Popular culture - Religious aspects |
End of the world | |
Classificazione: | 11.09 |
Altri autori: | NewportKenneth G. C WallissJohn <1974-> |
Note generali: | First published by Equinox, 2009 an imprint of Acumen. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 apocalypse in heavy metal music, science fiction, disaster movies and anime. The book examines key apocalyptic texts, focusing on their relevance to today. It will be invaluable to all those interested in the religious and cultural impact of apocalyptic thought. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The end all around us |
ISBN: | 1-317-49102-5 |
1-315-71113-3 | |
1-317-49103-3 | |
1-322-45658-5 | |
1-84553-765-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824756303321 |
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