The sky is falling : how vampires, zombies, androids, and superheroes made America great for extremism
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Published
New York ; The New Press, [2018].
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 24 cm
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Norwood Public Library - NONFICTION
973.93 BISKIND
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LC Subjects
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Radicalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Radicalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Right and left (Political science)
United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Radicalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Radicalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Right and left (Political science)
United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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Published
New York ; The New Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
99978079361
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Almost everything has been invoked to account for Trump’s victory and the rise of the alt-right, from job loss to racism to demography—everything, that is, except popular culture. In The Sky Is Falling bestselling cultural journalist Peter Biskind dives headlong into two decades of popular culture—from superhero franchises such as the Dark Knight, X-Men, and the Avengers and series like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones to thrillers like Homeland and 24—and emerges to argue that these shows are saturated with the values that are currently animating our extreme politics. Where once centrist institutions and their agents—cops and docs, soldiers and scientists, as well as educators, politicians, and “experts” of every stripe—were glorified by mainstream Hollywood, the heroes of today’s movies and TV, whether far right or far left, have overthrown this quaint ideological consensus. Many of our shows dramatize extreme circumstances—an apocalypse of one sort or another—that require extreme behavior to deal with, behavior such as revenge, torture, lying, and even the vigilante violence traditionally discouraged in mainstream entertainment. In this bold, provocative, and witty investigation, Biskind shows how extreme culture now calls the shots. It has become, in effect, the new mainstream.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Biskind, P. (2018). The sky is falling: how vampires, zombies, androids, and superheroes made America great for extremism . The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Biskind, Peter. 2018. The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism. The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Biskind, Peter. The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism The New Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Biskind, Peter. The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism The New Press, 2018.
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