Islands and captivity in popular culture : $$b a critical study of film, television and literature /

"The choices that individuals make in moments of crisis can transform them. By focusing on fictional characters trapped on fictional islands, the book examines how individuals react when forced to make hard choices within the liminal space of a "prison" island. At stake is the percept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Getty, Laura J., 1970- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : McFarland and Company, Inc. : McFarland, 2021.
Subjects:	Islands in mass media. Islands in literature. Choice (Pscyhology) in mass media. Choice (Psychology) in literature. Liminality in mass media. Liminality in literature. Popular culture > United States. Popular culture > Great Britain. Locus of control. Captivity narratives.
Online Access:	CONNECT

Table of Contents:

Cover
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. Liminal Islands
Chapter Two. Island Rebellion
Chapter Three. Criminal Islands
Chapter Four. Island Panopticon
Chapter Five. Island Madman
Chapter Six. Island Nihilism
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Islands and captivity in popular culture : $$b a critical study of film, television and literature /

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