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. This 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.
