{"product_id":"9781501366536","title":"Gender in Post-9\/11 American Apocalyptic TV : Representations of Masculinity and Femininity at the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years following 9\/11, American TV developed a preoccupation with apocalypse. Science fiction and fantasy shows ranging from Firefly to Heroes, from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica to Lost, envisaged scenarios in which world-changing disasters were either threatened or actually took place. During the same period numerous commentators observed that the American media's representation of gender had undergone a marked regression, possibly, it was suggested, as a consequence of the 9\/11 attacks and the feelings of weakness and insecurity they engendered in the nation's men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEve Bennett investigates whether the same impulse to return to traditional images of masculinity and femininity can be found in the contemporary cycle of apocalyptic series, programmes which, like 9\/11 itself, present plenty of opportunity for narratives of damsels-in-distress and heroic male rescuers. However, as this book shows, whether such narratives play out in the expected manner is another matter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49376409026787,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781501366536-1.jpg?v=1788390617","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/ja\/products\/9781501366536","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}