In this Book
- Escape into the Future: Cultural Pessimism and its Religious Dimension in Contemporary American Popular Culture
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Baylor University Press
summary
Escape into the Future analyzes the power of pessimism, showing links between present-day religious pessimism and the nihilism of popular culture. Stroup and Shuck rummage through an interesting and eclectic body of pop culture--from Fight Club to X-Files to the Left Behind series--pointing out the presence of pessimistic themes throughout. This volume identifies and illuminates the religious language used in these works to articulate America's need to escape from its present cultural path and, ultimately, provide hope that it might do so.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xiii
- Epilogue: Into the Great Wide Open
- pp. 215-218
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 219-244
Additional Information
ISBN
9781602580879
Related ISBN(s)
9781481301664, 9781932792522
MARC Record
OCLC
237003887
Pages
333
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No