Seeing the Apocalypse
Essays on Bird Box
Lehigh University Press
1st Edition
Published on 22. April 2021
182 pages
978-1-61146-299-9 (ISBN)
Description
Seeing the Apocalypse: Essays on Bird Box is the first volume to explore Josh Malerman's best-selling novel and its recent film adaptation, which broke streaming records and became a cultural touchstone, emerging as a staple in the genre of contemporary horror. The essays in this collection offer an interdisciplinary approach to Bird Box, one that draws on the fields of gender studies, cultural studies, and disability studies. The contributors examine how Bird Box provokes questions about a range of issues including the human body and its existence in the world, the ethical obligations that shape community, and the anxieties arising from technological development. Taken together, the essays of this volume show how a critical examination of Bird Box offers readers a guide for thinking through human experience in our own troubled, apocalyptic times.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
NJ
United States
Publishing group
Associated University Presses
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-61146-299-9 (9781611462999)
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04/2021
Lehigh University Press
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Persons
Brandon R. Grafiusis associate professor of biblical studies at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit.
Gregory Stevenson is professor of New Testament at Rochester University.
Gregory Stevenson is professor of New Testament at Rochester University.
Content
Introduction: The Body's Apocalyptic Vulnerability
Brandon Grafius and Gregory Stevenson
1 Bird Box and the Imperative of Sight
Ken Junior Lipenga
2 Feeling the (Post)Apocalypse: The Affective Dimensions of Bird Box
Rachel Elizabeth Barraclough
3 The Blind Leading the Blindfolded: Representing Disability in Contemporary Horror Films
Rebecca L. Willoughby
4 Making the End of the World Great Again: Birdbox, Borders, and the Refugee Crisis
Leland Merritt
5 Mother, Monster Within/Monster, Mother Without: Bird Box and Maternal Fear
Amy Hagenrater-Gooding
6 Bird Box, WR Bion, and the Sublime
Andrew Slade
7 "It's Too Bad We're Not Horses": The Animal as Witness in Bird Box
Dragoslav Momcilovic
8 The Horror of Smartphones and Voice Assistants: Technophobia and Disability in Bird Box and A Quiet Place
Paul Muhlhauser and Marya Kuratova
9 Consumed by Memes: How Bird Box Reflects the Current Acceptance and Anxiety Toward Internet-Distributed Film and Television
Heidi Ippolito
Brandon Grafius and Gregory Stevenson
1 Bird Box and the Imperative of Sight
Ken Junior Lipenga
2 Feeling the (Post)Apocalypse: The Affective Dimensions of Bird Box
Rachel Elizabeth Barraclough
3 The Blind Leading the Blindfolded: Representing Disability in Contemporary Horror Films
Rebecca L. Willoughby
4 Making the End of the World Great Again: Birdbox, Borders, and the Refugee Crisis
Leland Merritt
5 Mother, Monster Within/Monster, Mother Without: Bird Box and Maternal Fear
Amy Hagenrater-Gooding
6 Bird Box, WR Bion, and the Sublime
Andrew Slade
7 "It's Too Bad We're Not Horses": The Animal as Witness in Bird Box
Dragoslav Momcilovic
8 The Horror of Smartphones and Voice Assistants: Technophobia and Disability in Bird Box and A Quiet Place
Paul Muhlhauser and Marya Kuratova
9 Consumed by Memes: How Bird Box Reflects the Current Acceptance and Anxiety Toward Internet-Distributed Film and Television
Heidi Ippolito
