Islands and captivity in popular culture : $$b a critical study of film, television and literature / $$c Laura J. Getty.

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

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 : $$b a critical study of film, television and literature / $$c Laura J. Getty.

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