[Comicsstudiessociety] E-book for Review from IJOCA: Apocalyptic Ecology in the Graphic Novel (OPEN WORLDWIDE)

[Mike Rhode]

Open to the first person to respond. Deadline for print edition is May
2020. Must be able to open a password protected PDF file (tha't's probably
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Apocalyptic Ecology in the Graphic Novel

Life and the Environment After Societal Collapse
*Clint Jones*
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 189
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2020
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6856-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766-3970-3
Imprint: McFarland

$39.95

SKU: 9781476668567 Categories: Comics, Environment, Genre, Horror,
Literature, Science & Technology, SF & Fantasy, YA & Children's, Zombies
Tags: apocalypse, dystopian SF, Snowpiercer, The Walking Dead, Y: The Last
Man


As awareness of climate change grows, so do the number of cultural
depictions of environmental disaster. Graphic novels have reliably produced
dramatizations of such disasters. Many use themes of dystopian hopefulness,
or the enjoyment readers experience from seeing society prevail in times of
apocalypse.
This book argues that these generally inspirational narratives contribute
to a societal apathy for real-life environmental degradation.
By examining the narratives and art of the environmental apocalypse in
contemporary graphic novels, the author stands against dystopian hope,
arguing that the ways in which we experience depictions of apocalypse shape
how we respond to real crises.

*Clint Jones*, PhD, University of Kentucky, is a social and political
philosopher. His books include *A Genealogy of Social Violence,
Environmental Reflections on Post-Capitalist Society*, and *Stranger,
Creature, Thing, Other *. He currently lives in Plover, Wisconsin.


Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments ix

Preface 1

1. Whither Dystopia? Why Apocalypse? 9

2. Dysto-Apocalyptic Hope and the Imagination 31

3. Pathogenic Shaped Futures, Part I: Annihilation and The Walking Dead 49

4. Pathogenic Shaped Futures, Part II: Reduction and Y: The Last Man 75

5. Post-Human Life in a ­Post-Nuclear Age in Snowpiercer and Sweet Tooth 101

6. The Massive and Life on a Warming Planet 127

7. Environmental Theory in an Apocalyptic Age 143

Chapter Notes 157

Bibliography 173

Index 177
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