The apocalypse is everywhere
Subtitle: a popular history of America's favorite nightmare
By: Anne Rehill.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780313354380; 9780313354397
Subjects: End of the world; Popular culture -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I: Ubiquitous cultural expressions; title: Apocalyptic warnings : from TV to the White House; title: Doomsday broadcasting on Comedy Central; title: Homer Simpson and the rapture; title: Party in hell on South Park; title: Using Revelation as a template : the Left behind series; title: Apocalyptic brutality : Cormac McCarthy; title: Part II: How we inherited the book of Revelation; title: The apocalypse emerges from ancient ideas; title: From the Hebrew distillation to Islamic interpretations; title: Modern apocalyptic source : John's book of Revelation; title: Christianity conquers Europe : the Middle Ages; title: Religious challenges; title: and imagining no apocalypse; title: Christianity and Revelation cross the Atlantic; title: Part III: Acting out the apocalypse in the new world; title: Apocalypse in literature and film; title: More doomsday tales; title: Armageddon hits the big screen; title: Eternity in comics and graphic novels; title: Judgment Day in music and art; title: TV and games to the rescue; title: Apocalyptic fun in your own backyard.