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Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film: A Critical Study (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film[Australia has been a frequent choice as the location for narratives about the end of the world in science fiction and speculative works, ranging from pre-colonial apocalyptic maps to key literary works from the last fifty years. This critical volume explores the role of Australia in both apocalyptic literature and film. Topics covered include On the Beach and Mad Max, as well as children's litera
Full description- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Published: 15 March 2011
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Film Theory & Criticism | Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
- ISBN 13: 9780786460519 ISBN 10: 0786460512
- Sales rank: 754,588
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Full description for Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film
Australia has been a frequent choice of location for narratives about the end of the world in science fiction and speculative works, ranging from pre-colonial apocalyptic maps to key literary works from the last fifty years. This critical work explores the role of Australia in both apocalyptic literature and film. Works and genres covered include Nevil Shute's popular novel On the Beach, Mad Max, children's literature, Indigenous writing, and cyberpunk. The text examines ways in which apocalypse is used to undermine complacency, foretell environmental disasters, critique colonization, and to serve as a means of protest for minority groups. Australian apocalypse imagines Australia at the ends of the world, geographically and psychologically, but also proposes spaces of hope for the future
