{"product_id":"toxic-cultures-a-companion-9781789979534","title":"Toxic Cultures: A Companion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e«We live in an age defined by toxicity. Bacon and the contributors have produced a timely, astute collection that intelligently and creatively engages and analyzes the wide panoply of trauma and poisoned discourse. Entertaining, fascinating and, honestly, terrifying, this book is paradoxically a delight and purgative to read! An antidote to the very thing it explores.» (Professor Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003ePost-9\/11 Horror in American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is \u003cb\u003eToxic?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume provides a timely and original examination of the concept of «toxic» that today seems to inform all areas of popular culture and society. Connoting many forms of negativity, denial or disillusion, «toxic» has become central to the experience of living in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprising twenty-nine original essays by experts in their fields, this collection offers something of a guide to how areas of toxicity often overlap and\/or inform other ones. Topics as diverse as «fake news», environmental denialism, toxic nostalgia, deep fakes, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and cancel culture are covered. Studied texts include popular culture from the film \u003ci\u003eGet Out \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) to the Pussy Hat Movement, from social media «sadfishing» to governmental responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis companion unravels the often purposely entangled narratives that are used to fuel much cultural and political populism. It serves as an important intervention into the conversations occurring around extreme partisanship and divisive views on where we might be heading and how dystopian the future will really be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: Patricia MacCormack: Prologue: From Toxic Humanity to Ahumanity – Foundations – Carl Wilson: \u003ci\u003eBioshock\u003c\/i\u003e, 2K Games (2007) – Toxicity and Contagion – Louis Bayman: \u003ci\u003eChernobyl\u003c\/i\u003e, Craig Mazin (2019) – Toxic History – Kyle Moody: \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e, Jesse Armstrong (2018– present) – Toxic Ideology – Natalie Wilson: \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e, Jordan Peele (2017) – Toxic Whiteness – Franziska E. Kohlt: \u003ci\u003eThe Coronavirus Act \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), UK Government Communication (March 2020–present) – Toxic Language – Daniel Sheppard: \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e, David Gordon Green (2018) – Toxic Nostalgia – Sexuality and Gender – Cynthia Jones: \u003ci\u003eCinderella\u003c\/i\u003e, Kenneth Branagh (2015) – Toxic Fairy Tales – Erin Giannini: \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e, Joss Whedon (1997– 2003) – Toxic Masculinity – Paula Ashe: Pussyhat Movement (2017– Present) – Toxic Feminism – Callie Graham: \u003ci\u003eCrazy Ex- Girlfriend\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna (2015– 2019) – Toxic Relationships – Ildikó Limpár: Wayward Children Series, Seanan McGuire (2016– Present) – Toxic Parenting – Popular Culture – Pembe Gözde Erdogan: \u003ci\u003eGelin Evi \u003c\/i\u003e[Bride’s House], Cem Semercioglu (2015– 2019) – Toxic Television – Mateusz Sìwietlicki: «Toxic», Britney Spears (2003) – Toxic Music – Cathleen Allyn Conway: \u003ci\u003eGhostbusters: Answer the Call, \u003c\/i\u003ePaul Feig (2016) – Toxic Franchises and Misogyny – Debaditya Mukhopadhyay: \u003ci\u003eKabir Singh\u003c\/i\u003e, Sandeep Reddy Vanga (2019) – Toxic Criticism – Bethan Jones: \u003ci\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/i\u003eEpisodes VII– IX, Various (2015– 2019) – Toxic Fandom and Racism – Society – Melody Blackmore: \u003ci\u003eParadise Hills\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice Waddington (2019) – Toxic Positivity – Ken Monteith: «Sadfishing» (2019– Present) – Toxic Social Media – Jay Daniel Thompson: \u003ci\u003eTroll Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, Ginger Gorman (2019) – Toxicity and Trolling – Madeline Muntersbjorn: «The Denialist Playbook», Sean Carroll (2020) – Toxic Denialism – Deborah G. Christie: «Title X Gag Rule» (2019– Present) – Toxic Censorship – Humanity – Martyn Colebrook: \u003ci\u003eThe City \u0026amp; the City\u003c\/i\u003e, China Miéville (2009) – Toxic Cities – Phil Fitzsimmons and Edie Lanphar: \u003ci\u003eBrimstone\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Koolhoven (2016) – Toxic Education – Blake I. Collier: \u003ci\u003eMartyrs\u003c\/i\u003e, Pascal Laugier (2008) – Toxic Fundamentalism – Tom Ue and Alexander Wills: \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e, Bong Joon Ho (2019) – Toxic Economies – Rebecca Booth: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, Larry Fessenden (2006) – Toxic Ecologies – Elana Gomel: \u003ci\u003eBird Box\u003c\/i\u003e, Josh Malerman (2014) – Toxic Futures – Helen Gavin: Epilogue: Toxicity and Positivity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042600649047,"sku":"9781789979534","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789979534.jpg?v=1750954815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toxic-cultures-a-companion-9781789979534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}