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American Zombie Gothic : the rise and fall (and rise) of the walking dead in popular culture
Bishop, Kyle William, 1973 · Jefferson, N.C : McFarland & Co, 2010
- Publisher
- Jefferson, N.C : McFarland & Co, 2010
- Physical description
- 239 pages
- ISBN
- 0786448067 (softcover : alk. paper);9780786448067 (softcover : alk. paper)
- Dewey classification
- 791.43675
- Language
- English
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
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| Field | Value |
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| 001Control number | 18645 |
| 005Date and time of latest transaction | 21 Dec 2010, 10:30 |
| 008Fixed-length data elements | 091201s2010 ncua bq 001 0 eng |
| 010Library of Congress control number | 2009050018 |
| 015National bibliography number | GBB0A5836 bnb |
| 016National bibliographic agency control number | 015640494 Uk |
| 020International Standard Book Number (ISBN) |
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| 035System control number |
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| 041Language code | eng |
| 050Library of Congress call number | PN1995.9.Z63 B52 2010 |
| 082Dewey Decimal call number | 791.43675 Ame-G |
| 100Main entry – personal name | Bishop, Kyle William, 1973- |
| 245Title statement | American Zombie Gothic : the rise and fall (and rise) of the walking dead in popular culture / Kyle William Bishop ; foreword by Jerrold E. Hogle. |
| 260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010 |
| 300Physical description | vii, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| 504Bibliography, etc. note |
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| 505Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520Summary, etc. | "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. |
| 650Subject added entry – topical term |
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| 651Subject added entry – geographic name | USA. swd |
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