Apocalyptic dread : American film at the turn of the millennium / Kirsten Moana Thompson.
Apocalyptic dread : American film at the turn of the millennium / Kirsten Moana Thompson.
Apocalyptic dread : American film at the turn of the millennium / Kirsten Moana Thompson.
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Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
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N791.43616/29
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xii, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Apocalyptic dread, Kierkegaard, and the cultural landscape of the millennium -- 2. Cape fear and trembling : familial dread -- 3. Strange fruit : Candyman and supernatural dread -- 4. Dolores Claiborne : memorial dread -- 5. Se7en in the morgue : dystopian dread -- 6. Signs of the end of the worl...
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Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
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New York (State)
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c2007.
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"In Apocalyptic Dread, Kirsten Moana Thompson examines how fears and anxieties about the future are reflected in recent American cinema. Through close reading of such films as Cape Fear, Candyman, Dolores Claiborne, Se7en, Signs, and War of the Worlds, Thompson argues that a longstanding American apocalyptic tradition permeates our popular culture,...
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Apocalyptic dread : American film at the turn of the millennium / Kirsten Moana Thompson.
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The SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and index.
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N791.43616/29
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74VK7ve6dAvA
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079147044X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791470435 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0791470431 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780791470442 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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791.436160973
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991022763199702626
