
Small Screen Revelations
Apocalypse in Contemporary Television
Sheffield Phoenix Press
Published on 12. March 2013
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-907534-78-2 (ISBN)
Description
Representations of apocalyptic themes and motifs in popular culture has a long history, and a number of books and edited collections have examined their influence on popular film and music. Small Screen Revelations shifts the attention to popular television, examining the ways in which contemporary television drama and news draw on both the language and imagery of apocalyptic texts.
Essays in the collection examine topics such as the representation of apocalyptic prophecies and prophets in television news and documentaries; how news of natural disasters draws on apocalyptic language to frame the events, and how drama series use, develop and sometimes seek to subvert apocalyptic motifs. Thus, Small Screen Revelations offers a repositioning of the importance of television in representing the apocalypse, while providing a pertinent addition to the examination of how and for what purpose the apocalypse is used in popular culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sheffield
United Kingdom
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907534-78-2 (9781907534782)
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