Pandemics in American Popular Culture: Depicting Disease and Confronting Contagion

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James Craig Holte (East Carolina University, USA)

Pandemics in American Popular Culture

Depicting Disease and Confronting Contagion

James Craig Holte (East Carolina University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
01 May 2025

Media studies; Social impact of disasters; Personal & public health

From Cold War–era fears of biological warfare to zombie plagues as metaphors for contagion to portrayals of recent experiences with Covid-19, pandemics have featured prominently in American popular culture for decades.

Discover more than 90 books, movies, television shows, video games, and other forms of media that focus on historical or fictional disease outbreaks and their devastating results. Readers will find fan-favorites such as The Stand, 28 Days Later, The Last of Us, and Plague Inc., as well as many others. Each entry begins with a concise plot summary before delving deeper into the work’s key thematic elements and cultural impact. Across a diverse spectrum of media and varied representations of contagion, readers will also better understand the common thematic threads – human fragility and resilience, social responsibility and the search for a cure – connecting these portrayals.

By: James Craig Holte (East Carolina University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 258mm, Width: 182mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9781440880940
ISBN 10: 1440880948
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Primary , Children's (6-12)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alphabetical List of Entries Categorical List of Entries Preface Introduction Entries Index

James Craig Holte is Emeritus Professor of English and Film Studies at East Carolina University, USA.