The Flood Myth in the Age of Global Climate Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21192579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Salvador (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Todd Norton |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-61 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17524032.2010.544749 |
| OpenAlex | W1964301126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 13 |
When released, The Day After Tomorrow was widely described by critics and the movie's creators as a pro-environmentalist film. This essay argues that The Day After Tomorrow articulates a variation of apocalyptic discourse identified as a flood myth. The authors conclude that this version of the flood myth largely undermines contemporary environmental discourse that attempts to generate public activism in addressing ecological problems, by replacing an emphasis on human efficacy with symbolic vindication and exchanging collective effort for individual survivalism. The film thus serves as a cautionary tale about the potential consequences of contemporary mythic discourse presented as supporting environmental activism
Archaeology · Climate change · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Flood myth · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Public discourse · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · History · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Philosophy · Ecology
The Religion-Environment (Climate Change) Connection
Industrial Apocalyptic
Framing the End
Visual Climate Change Communication
Framing Environmental Risks and Natural Disasters in Factual Entertainment Television
Becoming Flood
Cli‐fi on the screen(s)
Communicating adaptation to climate change
Pop-cultural Mobilization
Cinematic climate change, a promising perspective on climate change communication
Is science to be trusted? How environmentally active youths relate to science in social media
Three stories of Noah
Representation of climate change consequences in British newspapers
Climate Change and Denial in Brit Bildøen’s Sju dagar i august
Finding the Teachable Moment
The Ecological Jeremiad, the American Myth, and the Vivid Force of Color in Dr. Seuss's The Lorax
The jeremiad and Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Introduction
A time of shame and sorrow”
Archetypal metaphor in rhetoric
Rhetorical criticism as moral action
Myth and Multiple Readings in Environmental Rhetoric
The evolution of the archetypal sea in rhetoric and poetic
Earth in the Balance
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |