Shows about nothing : nihilism in popular culture /
Hibbs, Thomas S.
Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nihilism, American style -- The quest for evil -- The negative zone : suburban familial malaise in American beauty, Revolutionary road, and Mad men -- Normal nihilism as comic : Seinfeld, Trainspotting, and Pulp fiction -- Romanticism and nihilism -- Defense against the dark arts : from Se7en to the Dark knight and Harry Potter -- God got involved : sacred quests and overcoming nihilism -- Feels like the movies.
Nihilism (Philosophy) in motion pictures.
Nihilism (Philosophy) on television.
Evil in motion pictures.
Culture in motion pictures.