Cover of Post-Apocalyptic Patriarchy

Book 2018

Post-Apocalyptic Patriarchy

Publisher
McFarland & Company
Published
2018
  • Patriarchy
  • Apocalyptic television programs
  • History
  • Western television programs
  • Patriarchy on television
  • Sex role on television
  • Race on television

"Twenty-first century American television series have depicted a variety of doomsday scenarios. The author analyzes these speculative futures in terms of gender, race and sexuality, revealing the fears and ambitions of a patriarchy in flux, exemplified by the "return" to a mythical American frontier and crafts a new world order based on the old"--