The Resource American popular culture in the era of terror : falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures, Jesse Kavadlo
American popular culture in the era of terror : falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures, Jesse Kavadlo
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- Summary
- Bringing together the most popular genres of the 21st century, this book argues that Americans have entered a new era of narrative dominated by the fear--and wish fulfillment--of the breakdown of authority and terror itself. Bringing together disparate and popular genres of the 21st century, American Popular Culture in the Era of Terror: Falling Skies, Dark Knights Rising, and Collapsing Cultures argues that popular culture has been preoccupied by fantasies and narratives dominated by the anxiety--and, strangely, the wish fulfillment--that comes from the breakdowns of morality, family, law and order, and storytelling itself. From aging superheroes to young adult dystopias, heroic killers to lustrous vampires, the figures of our fiction, film, and television again and again reveal and revel in the imagery of terror. Kavadlo's single-author, thesis-driven book makes the case that many of the novels and films about September 11, 2001, have been about much more than terrorism alone, while popular stories that may not seem related to September 11 are deeply connected to it. The book examines New York novels written in response to September 11 along with the anti-heroes of television and the resurgence of zombies and vampires in film and fiction to draw a correlation between Kavadlo's "Era of Terror" and the events of September 11, 2001. Geared toward college students, graduate students, and academics interested in popular culture, the book connects multiple topics to appeal to a wide audience. Features: Provides an interesting new framework in which to examine popular culture ; Examines films, television shows, and primary texts such as novels for evidence of cultural anxiety and a preoccupation with terror ; Offers insightful and original interpretations of primary texts ; Suggests possible conclusions about cultural anxiety regarding breakdowns of tradition and authority.--Publisher website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
-
- With us and against us: Chuck Palahniuk's homegrown terror of the 1990s
- Falling towers, falling planes, and falling men: trauma as domestic drama
- War on terror: our monsters, ourselves
- We have to go back: television's Lost after 9/11
- 9/11 did not take place: apocalypse and amnesia in film and Cormac McCarthy's The Road
- Bedtime stories after the end of the world: coming of age in a future of fear
- The absurd hero: escapism, The Dark Knight trilogy, and the literature of struggle
- Conclusion: Undo: is the sky falling?
- Isbn
- 9781440835629
- Label
- American popular culture in the era of terror : falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures
- Title
- American popular culture in the era of terror
- Title remainder
- falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesse Kavadlo
- Subject
-
- National characteristics, American
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence
- Fear -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Since 1970
- United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Psychological aspects
- Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Bringing together the most popular genres of the 21st century, this book argues that Americans have entered a new era of narrative dominated by the fear--and wish fulfillment--of the breakdown of authority and terror itself. Bringing together disparate and popular genres of the 21st century, American Popular Culture in the Era of Terror: Falling Skies, Dark Knights Rising, and Collapsing Cultures argues that popular culture has been preoccupied by fantasies and narratives dominated by the anxiety--and, strangely, the wish fulfillment--that comes from the breakdowns of morality, family, law and order, and storytelling itself. From aging superheroes to young adult dystopias, heroic killers to lustrous vampires, the figures of our fiction, film, and television again and again reveal and revel in the imagery of terror. Kavadlo's single-author, thesis-driven book makes the case that many of the novels and films about September 11, 2001, have been about much more than terrorism alone, while popular stories that may not seem related to September 11 are deeply connected to it. The book examines New York novels written in response to September 11 along with the anti-heroes of television and the resurgence of zombies and vampires in film and fiction to draw a correlation between Kavadlo's "Era of Terror" and the events of September 11, 2001. Geared toward college students, graduate students, and academics interested in popular culture, the book connects multiple topics to appeal to a wide audience. Features: Provides an interesting new framework in which to examine popular culture ; Examines films, television shows, and primary texts such as novels for evidence of cultural anxiety and a preoccupation with terror ; Offers insightful and original interpretations of primary texts ; Suggests possible conclusions about cultural anxiety regarding breakdowns of tradition and authority.--Publisher website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kavadlo, Jesse
- Dewey number
- 306.2/40973090511
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E169.Z83
- LC item number
- K385 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Popular culture
- Mass media
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Fear
- United States
- National characteristics, American
- Label
- American popular culture in the era of terror : falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures, Jesse Kavadlo
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- With us and against us: Chuck Palahniuk's homegrown terror of the 1990s -- Falling towers, falling planes, and falling men: trauma as domestic drama -- War on terror: our monsters, ourselves -- We have to go back: television's Lost after 9/11 -- 9/11 did not take place: apocalypse and amnesia in film and Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- Bedtime stories after the end of the world: coming of age in a future of fear -- The absurd hero: escapism, The Dark Knight trilogy, and the literature of struggle -- Conclusion: Undo: is the sky falling?
- Control code
- ocn900016292
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440835629
- Lccn
- 2015017264
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781440835629
- (OCoLC)900016292
- Label
- American popular culture in the era of terror : falling skies, dark knights rising, and collapsing cultures, Jesse Kavadlo
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- With us and against us: Chuck Palahniuk's homegrown terror of the 1990s -- Falling towers, falling planes, and falling men: trauma as domestic drama -- War on terror: our monsters, ourselves -- We have to go back: television's Lost after 9/11 -- 9/11 did not take place: apocalypse and amnesia in film and Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- Bedtime stories after the end of the world: coming of age in a future of fear -- The absurd hero: escapism, The Dark Knight trilogy, and the literature of struggle -- Conclusion: Undo: is the sky falling?
- Control code
- ocn900016292
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440835629
- Lccn
- 2015017264
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781440835629
- (OCoLC)900016292
Subject
- National characteristics, American
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence
- Fear -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Since 1970
- United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Psychological aspects
- Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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