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Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / Dahlia Schweitzer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813593180
  • 9780813593166
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • P96 .G656 2018
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Contents:
Subject: "In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions"--
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction P96.632 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1014007372

"In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Outbreak Narrative; Chapter 2: The Globalization Outbreak; Chapter 3: The Terrorism Outbreak; Chapter 4: The Postapocalypse Outbreak; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author

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