The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism
New Press:
New York: 2018
First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,
251 pp.
Cover artwork by: John Isaacs
“Almost everything has been invoked to account for Trump's victory and the rise of the alt-right, from job loss to racism to demography - everything, that is, except popular culture. In The Sky Is Falling bestselling cultural journalist Peter Biskind dives headlong into two decades of popular culture - from superhero franchises such as the Dark Knight, X-Men, and the Avengers and series like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones to thrillers like Homeland and 24 - and emerges to argue that these shows are saturated with the values that are currently animating our extreme politics.” #62672
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