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  • Toxic Cultures: A Companion

    Toxic Cultures by Bacon, Simon;

    A Companion

    Series: Genre Fiction and Film Companions; 8;

      • Publisher's listprice EUR 33.95
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    Product details:

    • Publisher Peter Lang
    • Date of Publication 1 January 2022

    • ISBN 9781789979534
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages336 pages
    • Size 19x152x229 mm
    • Weight 498 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 43 Abb.
    • 267

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    Short description:

    What is toxic? Connoting many forms of negativity, denial or disillusion, 'toxic' cultures are part of living in the twenty-first century. Including topics such as cancel culture, environmental denialism,

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    Long description:

    MeToo, Black Lives Matter and more, this companion serves an important intervention into the conversation.

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    Table of Contents:

    Contents: Patricia MacCormack: Prologue: From Toxic Humanity to Ahumanity - Foundations - Carl Wilson: Bioshock, 2K Games (2007) - Toxicity and Contagion - Louis Bayman: Chernobyl, Craig Mazin (2019) - Toxic History - Kyle Moody: Succession, Jesse Armstrong (2018- present) - Toxic Ideology - Natalie Wilson: Get Out, Jordan Peele (2017) - Toxic Whiteness - Franziska E. Kohlt: The Coronavirus Act (2020), UK Government Communication (March 2020-present) - Toxic Language - Daniel Sheppard: Halloween, David Gordon Green (2018) - Toxic Nostalgia - Sexuality and Gender - Cynthia Jones: Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh (2015) - Toxic Fairy Tales - Erin Giannini: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon (1997- 2003) - Toxic Masculinity - Paula Ashe: Pussyhat Movement (2017- Present) - Toxic Feminism - Callie Graham: Crazy Ex- Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna (2015- 2019) - Toxic Relationships - Ildikó Limpár: Wayward Children Series, Seanan McGuire (2016- Present) - Toxic Parenting - Popular Culture - Pembe Gözde Erdogan: Gelin Evi [Bride's House], Cem Semercioglu (2015- 2019) - Toxic Television - Mateusz S?wietlicki: ?Toxic?, Britney Spears (2003) - Toxic Music - Cathleen Allyn Conway: Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Paul Feig (2016) - Toxic Franchises and Misogyny - Debaditya Mukhopadhyay: Kabir Singh, Sandeep Reddy Vanga (2019) - Toxic Criticism - Bethan Jones: Star Wars Episodes VII- IX, Various (2015- 2019) - Toxic Fandom and Racism - Society - Melody Blackmore: Paradise Hills, Alice Waddington (2019) - Toxic Positivity - Ken Monteith: ?Sadfishing? (2019- Present) - Toxic Social Media - Jay Daniel Thompson: Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman (2019) - Toxicity and Trolling - Madeline Muntersbjorn: ?The Denialist Playbook?, Sean Carroll (2020) - Toxic Denialism - Deborah G. Christie: ?Title X Gag Rule? (2019- Present) - Toxic Censorship - Humanity - Martyn Colebrook: The City & the City, China Miéville (2009) - Toxic Cities - Phil Fitzsimmons and Edie Lanphar: Brimstone, Martin Koolhoven (2016) - Toxic Education - Blake I. Collier: Martyrs, Pascal Laugier (2008) - Toxic Fundamentalism - Tom Ue and Alexander Wills: Parasite, Bong Joon Ho (2019) - Toxic Economies - Rebecca Booth: The Last Winter, Larry Fessenden (2006) - Toxic Ecologies - Elana Gomel: Bird Box, Josh Malerman (2014) - Toxic Futures - Helen Gavin: Epilogue: Toxicity and Positivity.

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