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American Zombie Gothic
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture
Taschenbuch von Kyle William Bishop
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity.
This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin's White Zombie, Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romero's entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity.
This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin's White Zombie, Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romero's entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Über den Autor
Kyle William Bishop is an associate professor of English and film studies and serves as the Honors Program Director at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He has presented and published on a number of zombie-related texts and has authored two other monographs with McFarland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Jerrold E. Hogle
Preface
Introduction-The Zombie Film and Its Cycles

1-RAISING THE LIVING DEAD

The Folkloric and Ideological Origins of the Voodoo Zombie

2-THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Imperialist Hegemony and the Cinematic Voodoo Zombie

3-THE RISE OF THE NEW PARADIGM
Night of the Living Dead and the Zombie Invasion Narrative

4-THE DEAD WALK THE EARTH

The Triumph of the Zombie Social Metaphor in Dawn of the Dead

5-HUMANIZING THE LIVING DEAD

The Evolution of the Zombie Protagonist

Conclusion-The Future Shock of Zombie Cinema
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Contributions to Zombie Studies
ISBN-13: 9780786448067
ISBN-10: 0786448067
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bishop, Kyle William
Hersteller: McFarland
Contributions to Zombie Studies
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Kyle William Bishop
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.01.2010
Gewicht: 0,408 kg
Artikel-ID: 101387060
Über den Autor
Kyle William Bishop is an associate professor of English and film studies and serves as the Honors Program Director at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He has presented and published on a number of zombie-related texts and has authored two other monographs with McFarland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Jerrold E. Hogle
Preface
Introduction-The Zombie Film and Its Cycles

1-RAISING THE LIVING DEAD

The Folkloric and Ideological Origins of the Voodoo Zombie

2-THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Imperialist Hegemony and the Cinematic Voodoo Zombie

3-THE RISE OF THE NEW PARADIGM
Night of the Living Dead and the Zombie Invasion Narrative

4-THE DEAD WALK THE EARTH

The Triumph of the Zombie Social Metaphor in Dawn of the Dead

5-HUMANIZING THE LIVING DEAD

The Evolution of the Zombie Protagonist

Conclusion-The Future Shock of Zombie Cinema
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Contributions to Zombie Studies
ISBN-13: 9780786448067
ISBN-10: 0786448067
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bishop, Kyle William
Hersteller: McFarland
Contributions to Zombie Studies
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Kyle William Bishop
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.01.2010
Gewicht: 0,408 kg
Artikel-ID: 101387060
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