Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture
Baylor University Press (2011)
| Abstract | Nihilism, American style -- The quest for evil -- The negative zone : suburban familial malaise in American beauty, Revolutionary road, and Mad men -- Normal nihilism as comic : Seinfeld, Trainspotting, and Pulp fiction -- Romanticism and nihilism -- Defense against the dark arts : from Se7en to the Dark knight and Harry Potter -- God got involved : sacred quests and overcoming nihilism -- Feels like the movies. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Nihilism (Philosophy) in motion pictures Nihilism (Philosophy) on television Evil in motion pictures Culture in motion pictures | |||||||||
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| Call number | PN1995.9.N55.H53 2011 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9781602583788 | |||||||||
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