American Zombie Gothic by Kyle William Bishop
Provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the genre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as I Walked with a
“in this seminal study, Bishop navigates well the oil and water-like mix of serious analysis and zombie cinemaIt isn’t often that one comes across Marxian dialectics and graphic descriptions of cannibalism in the same paragraph, but Bishop’s understated style makes it work”—Library Journal; “fascinating”—Raising the Undead; “a very complete analysis of the evolution of the zombie in American cinema”—Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.
Kyle William Bishop is an associate professor of English and film studies and serves as the Honors Program Director at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He has presented and published on a number of zombie-related texts and has authored two other monographs with McFarland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780786448067 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786448067 |
| Title | American Zombie Gothic |
| Author | Kyle William Bishop |
| Series | Contributions To Zombie Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Year published | 2010-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 247 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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