Narrating Armageddon: Antichrist Films and the Critique of Late Modernity
The recurrence of the figure of the Antichrist in mainstream horror films is a culturally significant development since its origins in the 1970s. This paper argues that Antichrist films can be read as products of contemporary risk society characterized by a widespread reflexivity towards the outcome...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2012]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2012, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-229 |
| Further subjects: | B
Apocalypse
B horror film B Inversion B Risk society B Antichrist B Defamiliarization |
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