Disaster films
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Disaster films
- This heading is used as a topical heading for works about films that feature a man-made or natural calamity that places people in imminent danger. When used as a topical heading it is subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003469
- info:lc/authorities/sh88003469
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh88003469#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Catastrophe films
- Disaster movies
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: NYT encyc. of film, 1984: index (Disaster films)
- found: Beaver, F. Dict. of film terms, 1983 (disaster film)
- found: Moving image materials: genre list (disaster drama)
- found: Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993 (Disaster Film (Catastrophe Film); disaster movies. In the disaster film proper, the disaster (earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, air crash, shipwreck) is the core of the film. Disaster films examine human character and behavior in situations of extreme danger and stress. Two subgenres listed: Man-Made Disaster Films; Natural Disaster Films)
- notfound: Katz, E. Film encyc., 1979
General Notes
- This heading is used as a topical heading for works about films that feature a man-made or natural calamity that places people in imminent danger. When used as a topical heading it is subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions.
Change Notes
- 2004-02-10: new
- 2009-03-12: revised
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