Afterlife in Popular Culture Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination
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2022
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781440868580
Publisert
2022-06-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Greenwood Press
Vekt
964 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
U, E, 05, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
392
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Biographical note
Kevin O'Neill is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Redlands. In 1969, he cofounded the Johnston Center for Individualized Study.Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students.
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The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination gives students a fresh look at how Americans view the afterlife, helping readers understand how it's depicted in popular culture.What happens to us when we die? The book seeks to explore how that question has been answered in American popular culture. It begins with five framing essays that provide historical and intellectual background on ideas about the afterlife in Western culture. These essays are followed by more than 100 entries, each focusing on specific cultural products or authors that feature the afterlife front and center. Entry topics include novels, film, television shows, plays, works of nonfiction, graphic novels, and more, all of which address some aspect of what may await us after our passing.This book is unique in marrying a historical overview of the afterlife with detailed analyses of particular cultural products, such as films and novels. In addition, it covers these topics in nonspecialist language, written with a student audience in mind. The book provides historical context for contemporary depictions of the afterlife addressed in the entries, which deal specifically with work produced in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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PrefaceIntroductionThematic EssaysPlato and Soul/Body DualismResurrectionThe Undead, Ghosts, Angels, Demons, and SpiritsDigital AfterlifeA–Z EntriesAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"Afterlife""The Afterlife"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life after DeathAll Dogs Go to HeavenAlwaysAmerican GodsAnderson, GeorgeAngels in AmericaAngels in the OutfieldBeetlejuiceBefore I FallThe Bishop's WifeBlack PantherBuffy the Vampire SlayerCabin in the SkyCamilleCarouselCity of AngelsCocoConstantineDead Like MeDefending Your LifeDraculaEdward, JohnElsewhereEverlostEvery DayField of DreamsThe Five People You Meet in HeavenFlatlinersFor One More DayForeverGhostThe Ghost and Mrs. MuirA Ghost StoryGhost TownGhost WhispererThe Good PlaceGrace: A NovelThe Green PasturesGroundhog DayHeaven Can Wait (1943)Heaven Can Wait (1978)Heaven Is for RealHenry, TylerHere Comes Mr. JordanHereafterThe Horn Blows at MidnightI Am LegendI Married an AngelI Walked with a ZombieIf I StayIn Heaven as on Earth: A Vision of the AfterlifeIt's a Wonderful DeathIt's a Wonderful LifeThe Kominsky MethodLeft Behind (Book Series)Left Behind (Film Franchise)"Let the Mystery Be"Let There Be LightLife after DeathLincoln in the BardoLong Island MediumThe Lovely BonesLuciferMediumMichaelMoody, RaymondMy Life after DeathNeal, Mary"A Nice Place to Visit"90 Minutes in HeavenThe OAOn the Transmigration of SoulsThe OriginalsOutward Bound/Between Two WorldsPride and Prejudice and ZombiesProof of HeavenThe RaptureRapture-PaloozaRevival (Comic Book Series)Revival (Stephen King)RiverworldRomero, GeorgeA Rumor of AngelsThe ShackSix Feet UnderThe Sixth ManThe Sixth SenseSunday Morning RaptureThirteen Reasons WhyThis Is the EndTouched by an AngelTrue BloodTuck EverlastingTwilightUnlikely AngelThe Vampire Chronicles, Part 1The Vampire Chronicles, Part 2The Vampire DiariesVan Praagh, JamesThe Walking DeadWarm BodiesWhat Dreams May ComeWhere I Want to BeWhite TearsWhite ZombieWorld War ZWristcutters: A Love StoryZombielandIndex
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The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination gives students a fresh look at how Americans view the afterlife, helping readers understand how it's depicted in popular culture.
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Provides readers with an encyclopedic treatment of the afterlife in American popular culture, without any religious or moral biases
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781440868580
Publisert
2022-06-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Greenwood Press
Vekt
964 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
U, E, 05, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
392
Forfatter