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Beyond zombie politics : the art of George A. Romero's cinema / edited by Adrienne Boutang, Claire Cornillion, and David Roche.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romero, George A--Criticism and interpretation.
- Romero, George A.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations, music.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction / David Roche, Adrienne Boutang and Claire Cornillon
- Interview with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero / Julien Achemchame
- Part I. Genre, Culture, and Identity
- Chapter 1 The Specter of Failure: Personal and Professional Disillusionment in George A. Romero’s Counterculture Trilogy / David Church
- Chapter 2 From Pittsburgh to Pennsyltucky: Romero’s Pennsylvania Through the Lens of Critical Regionalism / Julie Assouly
- Chapter 3 Feminist Investments: Women, Empowerment, and Witchcraft in Jack’s Wife / Janice Loreck
- Chapter 4 Slapstick in George A. Romero’s Horror Comedies: The “Crazy Body” and Relentless Repetition / Arnaud Widendaële
- Part II. Visual and Aural Motifs
- Chapter 5 Seeing with Your Hands, Touching with Your Eyes: Visuality and Hapticity in the Films of George A. Romero /Sophie Lécole-Solnychkine
- Chapter 6 Nightmares of Confinement: An Analysis of a Key Motif of Romero’s Films / Hélène Frazik
- Chapter 7 “I Am Dead”: Unnatural Editing in the Films of George A. Romero / Pierre Jailloux
- Chapter 8 “There Is No Real Magic”: The Fantastic in George A. Romero’s Sound Worlds / Krista Mitchell
- Part III. Collaboration and Adaptation
- Chapter 9 Library Music and the Zombie Score: Soundtrack as Animator and Agitator in Dawn of the Dead (1978) / Kingsley Marshall
- Chapter 10 Makeup Artists of the Dead and the Creation of the Romerian Monster / Stella Louis
- Chapter 11 Authenticity, Nostalgia, and Playfulness in Creepshow / Nicolas Labarre
- Chapter 12 Audacious Spectacle or Postmodern Deconstruction? NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD—REMIX / Karen D. Thornton.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496860316 (electronic bk.)
- 1496860314 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032991360
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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