University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 5-1-2014 Masculinity, After the Apocalypse: Gendered Heroics in Modern Survivalist Cinema Sean Michael Swenson University of South Florida,
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[email protected]. Masculinity, After the Apocalypse: Gendered Heroics in Modern Survivalist Cinema by Sean Swenson A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Amy Rust, Ph.D. Sara Dykins Callahan, Ph.D. Scott Ferguson, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 7, 2014 Keywords: Slasher, Dystopia, Zombie, Neoliberalism, Bromance Copyright © 2014, Sean Swenson Acknowledgments I first want to thank my wonderful Major Professor, Dr. Amy Rust. Without her support, reassurance, and kindness I would have never been able to develop and craft this work. I also want to thank my other committee members, Dr. Sara Dykins Callahan and Dr. Scott Ferguson. In ways that they will never know I have been made me a better person and scholar because of their contributions to my time in Humanities and Cultural Studies.