Transmedia Storytelling and the Apocalypse
This book confronts the question of why our culture is so fascinated by the apocalypse. It ultimately argues that while many see the post-apocalyptic genre as reflective of contemporary fears, it has actually co-evolved with the transformations in our mediascape to become a perfect vehicle for trans...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Portal
- 1. Doomsday Dreaming
- 2. The End of the Media as We Know It
- 3. The Appeal of the Apocalypse
- Part II: Post-Apocalypse
- 4. The Ending of I Am Legend
- 5. Battlestar Galactica's Post-9/11 Apocalypse
- 6. World Building and World Destroying in BioShock and The Last of Us
- 7. Convergence Publishing and Prestige Niches
- 8. Antichrist Obama and the Doomsday Preppers
- Part III: Paradigms
- 9. The Many Deaths of The Terminator
- 10. The Many Lives of The Walking Dead
- 11. Epilogue: After the End.
