After the End: Representations of Post-Apocalypse

by James Berger

Book Overview

Explores the cultural function of the concept of "the end."

Apocalyptic thought is hardly unique to the end of the twentieth century; it's been a fixture of American culture for decades. Currently, the media are rife with omens and signs, and we're bombarded with warnings that "the end is near." But as James Berger argues here, the end never comes. There is always something left.

In this study of the cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816629331
• ISBN13: 9780816629336
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"