Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Post-Apocalyptic TV and Film [electronic resource] /
Gurr, Barbara.editor.
James Berger, Yale University, USA Robert Booth, University of Connecticut, USA Mary Burke, University of Vermont, USA Andrea Harris, Wright State University, USA Amanda Hobson, Ohio University, USA Sarah L. Jirek, Westmont College, USA Maura Kelly, Portland State University, USA Melissa F. Lavin, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Brian M. Lowe, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Kirk Lustila, University of Connecticut, USA Michelle Meagher, University of Alberta, Canada Stacy Missari, Quinnipiac University, USA Brent Strang, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Tracey Raney, Ryerson University, Canada J. Edward Sumerau, University of Tampa, USA .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: After the World Ends, Again; Barbara Gurr -- PART I: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME ... -- 1. Organisms and Human Bodies as Contagions in the Post-Apocalyptic State; Robert Booth -- 2. Masculinity, Race, and the (Re?)Imagined American Frontier; Barbara Gurr -- 3. Harbinger of Death: Starbuck and the Future of Woman in the Post-Apocalyptic Universe of Battlestar Galactica;Tracey Raney and Michelle Meagher -- 4. The Visibility and Invisibility of Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality in The Hunger GameS; Mary Burke and Maura Kelly -- 5. Post-Apocalyptic Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Firefly; J. Edward Sumerau and Sarah L. Jirek -- PART II: THE FUTURE IN FLUX -- 6. Queer Resistance in an Imperfect Allegory: The Politics of Sexuality in True Blood; Stacy Missari -- 7. Woman as Evolution: The Feminist Promise of the Resident Evil Film Series; Andrea Harris -- 8. Cops and Zombies: Hierarchy and Social Location in The Walking Dead; Melissa Lavin and Brian Lowe -- 9. 'We don't do history': Constructing Masculinity in a World of Blood; Amanda Hobson -- 10. The Apocalypse Is No-Thing To Wish For: Revisioning Traumatic Masculinities in John Hillcoat's The Road; Brent Strang -- 11. Propagation and Procreation: the Zombie and the ChildL; James Berger -- Afterward; Barbara Gurr.
James Berger, Yale University, USA Robert Booth, University of Connecticut, USA Mary Burke, University of Vermont, USA Andrea Harris, Wright State University, USA Amanda Hobson, Ohio University, USA Sarah L. Jirek, Westmont College, USA Maura Kelly, Portland State University, USA Melissa F. Lavin, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Brian M. Lowe, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Kirk Lustila, University of Connecticut, USA Michelle Meagher, University of Alberta, Canada Stacy Missari, Quinnipiac University, USA Brent Strang, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Tracey Raney, Ryerson University, Canada J. Edward Sumerau, University of Tampa, USA .
Film genres.
Motion pictures—United States.
Sociology.
Communication.
Genre.
American Cinema and TV.
Gender Studies.
Media and Communication.