{"product_id":"9780786499069-post-apocalyptic-patriarchy","title":"Post-Apocalyptic Patriarchy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican Television and Gendered Visions of Survival. Questions about post-apocalyptic television abound. Whose voices are represented? What do they want? What tomorrows are they most afraid of–and what does this tell us about the world we live in today? This book examines these issues. \u003cp\u003e   Twenty-first century American television series such as \u003ci\u003eRevolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFalling Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Ship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e have depicted a variety of doomsday scenarios--nuclear cataclysm, rogue artificial intelligence, pandemic, alien invasion or zombie uprising. These scenarios speak to longstanding societal anxieties and contemporary calamities like 9\/11 or the avian flu epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   Questions about post-apocalyptic television abound: whose voices are represented? What tomorrows are they most afraid of? What does this tell us about the world we live in today? The author analyzes these speculative futures in terms of gender, race and sexuality, revealing the fears and ambitions of a patriarchy in flux, as exemplified by the \"return\" to a mythical American frontier where the white male hero fights for survival, protects his family and crafts a new world order based on the old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41675625398369,"sku":"9780786499069","price":27.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_14544045_jpg.jpg?v=1715343989","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780786499069-post-apocalyptic-patriarchy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}