The Disaster Film as Social Practice
Author:   Joseph Zornado (Rhode Island College, United States of America) ,  Sara Reilly (Rhode Island College, United States of America)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   190
Publication Date:   26 December 2025
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Author:   Joseph Zornado (Rhode Island College, United States of America) ,  Sara Reilly (Rhode Island College, United States of America)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032445991


ISBN 10:   1032445998
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   26 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Birth of a Genre: Disaster on Film 2. From The Grapes of Wrath to the Fruits of Science: Surviving Man-Made Disaster 3. Monsters from the Id: The Cold War and the Nuclear Disaster Film 4. The Golden Age of the Disaster Film 5. Millennial Anxiety, Twin Films, and the Restorative Disaster Fantasy 6. After the Fall: Disaster Films from 2004-2016 7. Hyperobjects of the Reel and the End of Civilization

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Joseph Zornado is Professor of English at Rhode Island College, USA. He has published numerous essays and books on film, culture, and media including Disney and the Dialectic of Desire: Fantasy as Social Practice (2017), Critical Thinking: Developing the Intellectual Tools for Social Justice (2019), and The Cinematic Superhero as Social Practice (2021), with Sara Reilly. Sara Reilly is an Adjunct Instructor and Assistant Director of Academic Advising at Rhode Island College, USA. She teaches first-year writing and various transitional college success courses. She has previously published The Cinematic Superhero as Social Practice (2021), with Joseph Zornado.

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