American disaster movies of the 1970s crisis, spectacle and modernity / Scott Freer.
| Author/creator | Freer, Scott, 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Description | ix, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface : Escape from Lockdown City (2020) -- Introduction : don't look up -- Purging the American Dream in the 1930s -- Melodrama in high modernity : Airport (1970) -- The dark carnivalesque : The Poseidon Adventure (1972) -- Skyscraper apocalypticism : The Towering Inferno (1974) -- Los Angeles--a 'convicted' city : Earthquake (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) -- Modern arenas of pleasure and violence : Rollercoaster (1977), Two-Minute Warning (1976), Black Sunday (1977) -- Bee ecohorror : The Swarm (1978) -- The destructive gaze : The Medusa Touch (1978) -- Aftermath. |
| Abstract | "Introduces a historicist perspective by placing the disaster movie film genre within the immediate context of the 1970s American high modernity whilst engaging with relevant philosophical, theological and eco-critical ideas on evil, determinism, and human nature"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-250) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023015196 |
| ISBN | 9781501336836 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781501375620 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (ebook other) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |