Brian A. Shaer

Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?

How Genre Conventions Predict the Plot of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Produktbeschreibung

Birthed from the authorà â â s original research on disaster movies, this book argues that the life cycle of COVID-19 closely parallels various apocalyptic films, from the personas of the main players to the strike of the cataclysm itself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781476687292
• ISBN-10: 1476687293
• Artikelnr.: 65031482

Autorenporträt

Brian A. Shaer studied communications at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and earned a master's degree in cinema studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in South Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Author's Note: Warning: Massive Spoilers Throughout!!! Introduction The Attraction of Disaster Chapter
1. The Preamble Act One: The Buildup Chapter
2.
Who Are We? Chapter
3.
Where Are We? Act Two: All Hell Breaks Loose Chapter
4.
The Primary Disaster Chapter
5.
The Poignant Character Chapter
6.
Proactive vs. Reactive Chapter
7.
Supporting Characters: Will They or Won't They? Act Three: Out of the Woods? Chapter
8.
The Second Disaster Chapter
9.
Things Settle Down Chapter 10.
The Coda Filmography Works Cited Index