Apocalyptic Geographies: Religion, Media, and the American Landscape
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Apocalyptic Geographies: Religion, Media, and the American Landscape
By (Author) Jerome Tharaud
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th January 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Media studies
History of religion
History of the Americas
810.9382
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Paperback
360
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How nineteenth-century Protestant evangelicals used print and visual media to shape American culture In nineteenth-century America, "apocalypse" referred not to the end of the world but to sacred revelation, and "geography" meant both the physical landscape and its representation in printed maps, atlases, and pictures. In Apocalyptic Geographies
Reviews
"Finalist for the Religion and the Arts Book Award, American Academy of Religion"
Author Bio
Jerome Tharaud is assistant professor of English at Brandeis University.
