American Zombie Gothic. The Rise And Fall (and Rise) Of The Walking Dead In Popular Culture

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: McFarland
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 239 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 Halperins White Zombie, Jacques Tourneurs I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulcis Zombi 2, Dan OBannons The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyles 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romeros entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition.

ISBN: 9780786448067