American Zombie Gothic : the rise and fall (and rise) of the walking dead in popular culture / Kyle William Bishop ; foreword by Jerrold E. Hogle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Kyle William, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zombie films--History and criticism.

Zombie films.

Physical Description:

vii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]

Summary:

"This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition. Closely examining influential works 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 Zombies in Gothic tradition"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the zombie film and its cycles. Raising the living dead : the folkloric and ideological origins of the voodoo zombie

The return of the native : imperialist hegemony and the cinematic voodoo zombie

The rise of the new paradigm : Night of the living dead and the zombie invasion narrative

The dead walk the earth : the triumph of the zombie social metaphor in Dawn of the dead

Humanizing the living dead : the evolution of the zombie protagonist

Conclusion : the future shock of zombie cinema.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9780786448067

0786448067

OCLC:

472793645