American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

by Kyle William Bishop

Book Overview

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.

This book provides a cultural and critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786448067
• ISBN13: 9780786448067
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher