Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?: How Genre Conventions Predict the Plot of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Some periods of history contain so many compounded disasters they seem to be inspired by disaster movies....
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SKU: 9781476687292
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Author: Brian A. Shaer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?: How Genre Conventions Predict the Plot of the Covid-19 Pandemic by Shaer, Brian A.

Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?: How Genre Conventions Predict the Plot of the Covid-19 Pandemic

¥11,742

Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?: How Genre Conventions Predict the Plot of the Covid-19 Pandemic

¥11,742
Author: Brian A. Shaer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Some periods of history contain so many compounded disasters they seem to be inspired by disaster movies. In the early 2020s, the Covid-19 pandemic upended the world and thrust populations into a state of uncertainty and fear--as seen in movies like Outbreak, The Towering Inferno or Armageddon. Birthed from the author's original research on disaster movies, this book argues that the life cycle of Covid closely parallels various apocalyptic films, from the personas of the main players to the strike of the cataclysm itself. To view the Covid pandemic through the language of disaster movies, the book identifies those that mirror (predict!) each stage of the Covid pandemic, analyzing the similarities between the films and real-life events. A filmography of the featured disaster movies concludes the book.

Author: Brian A. Shaer
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 08/04/2022
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781476687292

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