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Small Screen Revelations - Apocalypse in Contemporary Television

English · Hardback

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Representations of apocalyptic themes and motifs in popular culture has a long history, and a number of books and edited collections have examined their influence on popular film and music. Small Screen Revelations shifts the attention to popular television, examining the ways in which contemporary television drama and news draw on both the language and imagery of apocalyptic texts.

Essays in the collection examine topics such as the representation of apocalyptic prophecies and prophets in television news and documentaries; how news of natural disasters draws on apocalyptic language to frame the events, and how drama series use, develop and sometimes seek to subvert apocalyptic motifs. Thus, Small Screen Revelations offers a repositioning of the importance of television in representing the apocalypse, while providing a pertinent addition to the examination of how and for what purpose the apocalypse is used in popular culture.

Product details

Assisted by James Aston (Editor), John Walliss (Editor)
Publisher Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 12.03.2013
 
EAN 9781907534782
ISBN 978-1-907534-78-2
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 161 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
Weight 505 g
Series Bible in the Modern World
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works
Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism

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