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BL
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852169
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Bennett, Eve
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| Title & Author
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Gender in post-9/11 American apocalyptic TV : : representations of masculinity and femininity at the end of the world /\ Eve Bennett.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Bloomsbury Academic,, 2019.
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, ©2019
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1 online resource (224 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1501331094
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: 1501331108
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: 9781501331091
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: 9781501331107
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1501331086
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9781501331084
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Heroic Masculinity and Its Pitfalls; 2 The Prince Hal Narrative; 3 Patriarchal Conspiracies and Female Victims; 4 Twenty-First-Century Female Weapons; Conclusion; References; Filmography; Teleography; Index
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| Abstract
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"In the years following 9/11, American TV developed a preoccupation with apocalypse. Science fiction and fantasy shows ranging from Firefly to Heroes, from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica to Lost, envisaged scenarios in which world-changing disasters were either threatened or actually took place. During the same period numerous commentators observed that the American media's representation of gender had undergone a marked regression, possibly, it was suggested, as a consequence of the 9/11 attacks and the feelings of weakness and insecurity they engendered in the nation's men. Eve Bennett investigates whether the same impulse to return to traditional images of masculinity and femininity can be found in the contemporary cycle of apocalyptic series, programmes which, like 9/11 itself, present plenty of opportunity for narratives of damsels-in-distress and heroic male rescuers. However, as this book shows, whether such narratives play out in the expected manner is another matter."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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End of the world in literature.
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Femininity-- United States.
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Masculinity on television.
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Masculinity-- United States.
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Men-- United States.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001-- Influence.
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Sex (Psychology)-- United States.
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Sex role-- United States.
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Television programs-- United States.
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Women on television.
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Women-- United States.
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End of the world in literature.
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Femininity.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Masculinity on television.
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Masculinity.
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Men.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Reference.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sex role.
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Television programs.
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Women on television.
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Women.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.30973
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791.45082
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| LC Classification
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HQ1090.3.B46 2019
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PN1992.8.M38
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