{"product_id":"apocalypse-tv-9781476678757","title":"Apocalypse TV","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The end of the world may be upon us, but it certainly is taking its sweet time playing out. The walkers on \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e  have been walking for nearly a decade. There are now dozens of apocalyptic television shows and we use the end times to describe everything from domestic politics and international conflict, to the weather and our views of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of new essays asks what it means to live in a world inundated with representations of the apocalypse. Focusing on such series as \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead, The Strain, Battlestar Galactica, Doomsday Preppers, Westworld, The Handmaid''s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, they explore how the serialization of the end of the world allows for a closer examination of the disintegration of humanity--while it happens. Do these shows prepare us for what is to come? Do they spur us to action? Might they even be causing the apocalypse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Apocalyptic Saturations; or, The End of the World Will Not End\u003cbr\u003eMichael G. Cornelius and Sherry Ginn\t1\u003cbr\u003eApocalyptic Television, Hobbes's Moral Psychology and the Tenuous Nature of Liberal Democratic Values\u003cbr\u003eWilliam S. Allen\t23\u003cbr\u003ePost-Apocalyptic Competition and Cooperation in The Handmaid's Tale and The Walking Dead\u003cbr\u003eSherry Ginn\t40\u003cbr\u003eThe Long Winter of Discontent: The Changing Society of Survivors\u003cbr\u003eFernando-Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Juan Ignacio Juvé and Emiliano Aguilar\t58\u003cbr\u003eRisk Without End? The Seriality of Risk, the Outbreak Narrative and Serial Post-Apocalypse in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain\u003cbr\u003eSebastian Müller\t71\u003cbr\u003eDriven to Extinction, Again: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and the Irresistible Apocalypse\u003cbr\u003eTony Perrello and C. Anne Engert\t86\u003cbr\u003eThe End of Everything: Survival Narratives and Everyday Heroism in Battlestar Galactica\u003cbr\u003eE. Leigh McKagen\t102\u003cbr\u003eApocalypse(s) Already: Doomsday Preppers at the End of The(ir) Worlds\u003cbr\u003eJZ Long\t113\u003cbr\u003eReinvesting in the Rapture: Apocalypse and Faith in The Leftovers\u003cbr\u003eChristina Wilkins\t124\u003cbr\u003eSocial Life and Death in The Leftovers: Surviving the Personal Apocalypse\u003cbr\u003eDerek R. Sweet\t137\u003cbr\u003e\"How many times have I died?\": Time Loops, Post-Human Reversion and the Editable Self in The Magicians\u003cbr\u003eMichael G. Cornelius\t149\u003cbr\u003eWestworld and the Apocalyptic Cycle\u003cbr\u003eAdam Ellerbrock\t163\u003cbr\u003ePostnatural Comedy in The Last Man on Earth\u003cbr\u003eJohn Elia\t174\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Apocalypse Television Series\t185\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: \"Darkness\"\u003cbr\u003eLord Byron\t189\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\t191\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t195","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040463192407,"sku":"9781476678757","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476678757.jpg?v=1750946833","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/apocalypse-tv-9781476678757","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}