LC control no. | gf2011026626 |
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Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
Genre/Form term | Survival films |
Variant(s) | Survival pictures (Motion pictures) |
See also | Motion pictures Disaster films |
Scope note | Films that feature individuals or groups struggling for their lives in a harsh setting. For films that feature a man-made or natural calamity that places people in imminent danger see Disaster films. |
Subject example tracing | Note under Disaster films |
Found in | Moving image genre-form guide online, May 1, 2007: (survival: Fictional work usually set in a desert, island, polar, or other harsh, barren locale, in which an individual or group must struggle for their lives against the forces of nature; related term: disaster) Lopez, D. Films by genre, 1993: p. 326 (Survival picture: the survival film places man or woman in a harsh environment and challenges him/her to survive against nature and sometimes against their own kind) |
Invalid LCCN | sh2007025272 |