{"product_id":"the-afterlife-in-popular-culture-kevin-oneill-9781440868580","title":"The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e gives students a fresh look at how Americans view the afterlife, helping readers understand how it's depicted in popular culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens to us when we die? The book seeks to explore how that question has been answered in American popular culture. It begins with five framing essays that provide historical and intellectual background on ideas about the afterlife in Western culture. These essays are followed by more than 100 entries, each focusing on specific cultural products or authors that feature the afterlife front and center. Entry topics include novels, film, television shows, plays, works of nonfiction, graphic novels, and more, all of which address some aspect of what may await us after our passing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is unique in marrying a historical overview of the afterlife with detailed analyses of particular cultural products, such as films and novels. In addition, it covers these topics in nonspecialist language, written with a student audience in mind. The book provides historical context for contemporary depictions of the afterlife addressed in the entries, which deal specifically with work produced in the 20th and 21st centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440868581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440868580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.08h x 7.17w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Kevin O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132464394495,"sku":"9781440868580","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d3a4c64-5eae-4ec2-8bed-0832f6158a0b.jpg?v=1687480357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-afterlife-in-popular-culture-kevin-oneill-9781440868580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}