ISBN:
9781789979534
,
1789979536
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 334 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Genre fiction and film companions vol. 8
Series Statement:
Genre fiction and film companions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Toxic cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Toxic cultures
DDC:
791.4365
Keywords:
Popular culture 21st century
;
Mass media and culture
;
Popular culture Social aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Negativität
;
Diskriminierung
;
Ideologie
;
Film
;
Fernsehsendung
Abstract:
"Toxic Cultures: A Companion provides a timely and original examination of the toxicity that seems to be informing all areas of popular culture and society. Consisting of 29 original essays by experts in their fields this collection offers something of a guide to how areas of toxicity often overlap and/or inform other ones creating a reactionary environment that appears to have become central to the experience of living in the twenty-first century. Covering topics as diverse as Fake News, Environmental Denialism, Toxic Nostalgia, Deep Fakes, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and Cancel Culture as represented in popular media from Get Out (Peele: 2018) to the Pussy Hat Movement and Star Wars to the UK Government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic this Companion unravels the often purposely entangled narratives that are used to fuel much cultural and political populism. More importantly Toxic Cultures is an important intervention into the conversations occurring around extreme partisanship and cultural divisions on where we might be heading and whether we can make it considerably less dystopian than it currently promises to be"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [285]-320
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