{"product_id":"american-zombie-gothic-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-walking-dead-in-popular-culture-9780786448067","title":"American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kyle William Bishop\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Genres - Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 Halperin's \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie, \u003c\/i\u003e Jacques Tourneur's \u003ci\u003eI Walked with a Zombie, \u003c\/i\u003e Lucio Fulci's \u003ci\u003eZombi 2, \u003c\/i\u003e Dan O'Bannon's \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Living Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e Danny Boyle's \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e, and, of course, Romero's entire \"Dead\" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46888849899671,"sku":"9780786448067","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786448067.webp?v=1770262216","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/american-zombie-gothic-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-walking-dead-in-popular-culture-9780786448067","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}