{"product_id":"apocalypse-and-heroism-in-popular-katherine-e-sugg-9781476667850","title":"Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture: Allegories of White Masculinity in Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics and dystopian world orders fill our screens--typically with a singular figure or tenacious group tasked with saving or salvaging the world. Why are stories of End Times crisis so popular with audiences? And why is the hero so often a white man who overcomes personal struggles and major obstacles to lead humanity toward a restored future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in films like \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnowpiercer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMad Max: Fury Road\u003c\/i\u003e. Some have familiar roots in Western cultural traditions yet many question popular assumptions about heroes and heroism to tell new and fascinating stories about race, gender and society and the power of individuals to change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine E. Sugg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476667853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476667850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Katherine E. Sugg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945256452351,"sku":"9781476667850","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ee7d0a7d-b5fd-4ea5-96dd-4daa1fcc2187.jpg?v=1681507695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apocalypse-and-heroism-in-popular-katherine-e-sugg-9781476667850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}