Epidemic films to die for : a chronicle of the Covid-19 plague years / Tom Zaniello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaniello, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Media studies.

Pandemics in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Epidemic cinema remains an enduring genre of contemporary film, ranging from medical dramas to post-apocalyptic thrillers. Using a vast filmography, Zaniello not only details the incredible variety of epidemics and their role in popular culture, but also demonstrates how epidemics, as a rule, have been confronted without proper preparation or deployment of resources in different forms of media. Therefore, Epidemic Films to Die For is the first and the only book that extensively analyzes the history and deployment of films and TV series towards a chronicle of epidemic films. In addition to providing an overview of how widespread disease and illness have been historically depicted via film and media, this book skillfully contextualizes the contemporary ongoing moment in which filmmakers and producers grapple with the cultural imaginary surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Part I: Introduction: The First Thousand Years 1. Black Bishop Takes White Knight 2. The Heroic Doctors of the Pre-Apocalypse 3. Panic in the Streets: Hollywood in the Polio Years Part II: Public Events, Private Suffering 4. HIV/AIDS: The Person is Not the Disease 5. The Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020-22 6. The Politics of Death: Race, Class, and Caste Part III: Traditional Epidemic Vectors 7. A Diabolical Abecedary of Viruses 8. Plagues... Black, Red, Yellow, and White 9. Bacteria in Lingua Latina 10. Fungi Nightmares, Pollen Poisoning, and Other Botanical Horrors 11. Creepy Crawlers and Other Things that Get Under Your Skin Part IV: Evolution and Mutation 12. HGT (Horizontal Gene Transfer) and the Human Mouse 13. Zombies R Us Part V: The Deviants 14. Imaginary and Idiopathic Viruses: As If There Weren't Enough Real Ones 15. Sex with the Midwich Cuckoos Part VI: Genre Blues 16. Facing Reality: Role-Playing Disasters and Epidemics 17. Epidemic Cinema Then and Now (The NFT) Epidemic Cinema Database Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798765108567

9798765108543

9798765108550

OCLC:

1446129926