04714cam a2200841Mi 4500 ocn768693653 OCoLC 20200709060307.0 m d cr ||| 111227s2009 uika ob 001 0 eng d DKDLA eng pn DKDLA OCLCQ YDXCP E7B EBLCP MHW OCLCQ OCLCF CAMBR OCLCQ N$T 665581193 764541423 9781845537654 electronic bk. 1845537653 electronic bk. 9781317491033 electronic bk. 1317491033 electronic bk. 9781845532611 (hb) 1845532619 (hb) 9781845532628 (pb) 1845532627 (pb) AU@ 000053267046 NZ1 13866077 NLGGC 382352475 DKDLA 820120-katalog:000486699 (OCoLC)768693653 (OCoLC)665581193 (OCoLC)764541423 924346 (N$T) BL65.C8 E53 2009eb OCC 033000 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh REL 102000 bisacsh 202 .3 22 11.09 bcl N$TA The end all around us [electronic resource] : apocalyptic texts and popular culture. London ; Oakville : Equinox, 2009. 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Millennialism and society Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport -- Songs of fate, hope and oblivion : Bob Dylan's dystopianism and apocalyticism / Gary Baines -- End of the world music : is extreme metal the sound of the apocalypse? / Keith Kahn-Harris -- Babylon's burning : reggae, Rastafari, and millenarianism / Christopher Partridge -- Apocalypse at the millennium / John Walliss -- 'The days are numbered' : the romance of death, doom, and deferral in contemporary apocalypse films / Lee Quinby -- Making things new : regeneration and transcendence in Anime / Mick Broderick -- Selling faith without selling out : reading the Left Behind novels in the context of popular culture / Jennie Chapman -- 'The shadow of the end' : the appeal of apocalypse in literary science fiction / Roslyn Weaver -- An end times virtual 'Ekklesia' : ritual deliberation in participatory media / Robert Glenn Howard -- Index. For centuries the apocalypse has been a recurrent theme within art, literature, music, and more recently cinema. Within the context of contemporary popular culture its influence may be felt in areas as diverse as extreme metal music, disaster movies, anime and manga, Science Fiction dystopianism and the Left Behind series of novels. The aim of this collection of essays is to examine the influence of apocalyptic texts on popular cultural products, focusing on the timelessness and malleability of their themes to audiences. Chapters will focus on the influence of such texts within the areas of fi. Popular culture Religious aspects. End of the world. Popular culture Religious aspects. Religion. End of the world. fast (OCoLC)fst00909634 Popular culture Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01071378 Populaire cultuur. gtt Einde der tijden. gtt Religieuze aspecten. gtt BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh RELIGION / Theology bisacsh Electronic books. Walliss, John, 1974- Newport, Kenneth G. C. Print version: End all around us. London ; Oakville : Equinox, 2009 (DLC) 2008039137 Millennialism and society. Cambridge University Press http://universitypublishingonline.org/acumen/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781845537654 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=516761 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10395241 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=924346 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008039137.html EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL516761 ebrary EBRY ebr10395241 YBP Library Services YANK 3335149 EBSCOhost EBSC 924346 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55829 55829