{"product_id":"imagining-the-end-jim-holte-9781440861017","title":"Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining the End\u003c\/i\u003e provides students and general readers with contextualized examples of how the apocalypse has been imagined across all mediums of American popular culture. Detailed entries analyze the development, influence, and enjoyment of end-times narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining the End\u003c\/i\u003e provides a contextual overview and individual description and analysis of the wide range of depictions of the end of the world that have appeared in American popular culture. American writers, filmmakers, television producers, and game developers inundated the culture with hundreds of imagined apocalyptic scenarios, influenced by the Biblical Book of Revelation, the advent of the end of the second millennium (2000 CE), or predictions of catastrophic events such as nuclear war, climate change, and the spread of AIDS. From being \"raptured\" to surviving the zombie apocalypse, readers and viewers have been left with an almost endless sequence of disasters to experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining the End\u003c\/i\u003e examines this phenomenon and provides a context for understanding, and perhaps appreciating, the end of the world. This title is composed of alphabetized entries covering all topics related to the end times, covering popular culture mediums such as comic books, literature, films, and music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Craig Holte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440861013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440861017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"James Craig Holte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44716399984895,"sku":"9781440861017","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_849dfed4-441a-4764-83b8-2a52ff4b0272.jpg?v=1705682179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagining-the-end-jim-holte-9781440861017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}