The Sky Is Falling - How Vampires, Zombies, Androids and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism
Author(s): Peter Biskind
Are Batman and 24's Jack Bauer heroic loners defending our way of life - or right-wing vigilantes attacking it? Is Avatarjust a National Geographic version of Star Wars or a passionate assault on capitalism? And what about Game of Thrones- sword and sorcery fantasy, or lesson in mainstream politics?
In The Sky is Falling!bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride across two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a day's work. Welcome to the new normal.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Allen Lane
- : 0.288
- : September 2018
- : 2.4 Centimeters X 13.6 Centimeters X 21.3 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Peter Biskind
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 302.2345
- : 256