The End All Around Us: Apocalyptic Texts and Popular Culture (Millennialism and Society) - Hardcover

Walliss, John; Newport, Kenneth G. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845532619 ISBN 13: 9781845532611

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

For centuries the apocalypse has been a recurrent theme within art, literature, music, and more recently cinema. Within the context of contemporary popular culture its influence may be felt in areas as diverse as extreme metal music, disaster movies, anime and manga, "Science Fiction" dystopianism and the "Left Behind" series of novels. The aim of this collection of essays is to examine the influence of apocalyptic texts on popular cultural products, focusing on the timelessness and malleability of their themes to audiences. The chapters will focus on the influence of such texts within the areas of film, music, literature and the internet.

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Review

'Millennialism and Society is a publishing project that is as bold as it is admirable. It combines a meticulous scholarly approach with ethical and political awareness. In a world haunted and endangered by apocalyptic visions of every kind, this series will surely contribute to a better sense of what we face and who we are.' --Robert Jay Lifton, M.D., Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York

About the Author

John Walliss is Director of the Centre for Millennialism Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Religion in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope UniversityKenneth G. C. Newport is Assistant Vice Chancellor (Research and Academic Development) and Professor of Christian Thought in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope University

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845532619
• ISBN 13: 9781845532611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224