Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world

The paper deals with ways of representing love and amorous relationships in post-apocalyptic movies. In these movies, there is a dualism of romantic and partner love, and these two types of love are there to help build a new world, or rebuild the destroyed society. These images of love emphasize the...

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Main Author: Ana Banić-Grubišić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade 2016-02-01
Series:Etnoantropološki Problemi
Online Access:http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/5
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spelling doaj-2c0eca896b3a4b34a42def1b4db4d60d2020-11-24T20:51:46ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi 0353-15892334-88012016-02-0110155743Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the worldAna Banić-Grubišić0Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Faculty of Philosophy University of BelgradeThe paper deals with ways of representing love and amorous relationships in post-apocalyptic movies. In these movies, there is a dualism of romantic and partner love, and these two types of love are there to help build a new world, or rebuild the destroyed society. These images of love emphasize the importance of evolutionist theories for the central ideas of these films – in post-apocalyptic scenarios love mostly serves the purpose of having or protecting progeny, it is represented as the key tool and mechanism of survival.http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/5
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Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
Etnoantropološki Problemi
author_facet Ana Banić-Grubišić
author_sort Ana Banić-Grubišić
title Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
title_short Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
title_full Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
title_fullStr Love in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
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publisher University of Belgrade
series Etnoantropološki Problemi
issn 0353-1589
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publishDate 2016-02-01
description The paper deals with ways of representing love and amorous relationships in post-apocalyptic movies. In these movies, there is a dualism of romantic and partner love, and these two types of love are there to help build a new world, or rebuild the destroyed society. These images of love emphasize the importance of evolutionist theories for the central ideas of these films – in post-apocalyptic scenarios love mostly serves the purpose of having or protecting progeny, it is represented as the key tool and mechanism of survival.
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