Media and the Apocalypse Gebunden

Responding to a plethora of media representing end times this anthology of essays examines pop culture's fascination with end of the world or apocalyptic narratives. Essays discuss films and made-for-television movies - including Deep Impact The Core and The Day After Tomorrow - that feature primarily [hu]man-made catastrophes or natural catastrophes. These representations complement the large amount of mediated literature and films on religious perspectives of the apocalypse the Left Behind series and other films books that deal with prophecy from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Thi s book will be useful in upper-level undergraduate graduate courses addressing mass media film and television studies popular culture rhetorical criticism and special advanced topics. In addition the book will be of interest to scholars and students in disciplines including anthropology history psychology sociology and religious studies.