{"product_id":"beyond-the-living-dead-9781476678375","title":"Beyond the Living Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In 1968, George Romero''s film \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games. Romero''s creativity and enduring influence make him a worthy object of inquiry in his own right, and his long career helps us take stock of the shifting interest in zombies since the 1960s. Examining his work promotes a better understanding of the current state of the zombie and where it is going amidst the political and social turmoil of the twenty-first century.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   These new essays document, interpret, and explain the meaning of the still-budding Romero legacy, drawing cross-disciplinary perspectives from such fields as literature, political science, philosophy, and comparative film studies. Essays consider some of the sources of Romero''s inspiration (including comics, science fiction, and Westerns), chart his influence as a storyteller and a social critic, and consider the legacy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear, coherent, and containing the best examples of academic critical integrity, it promises to be an indispensable work that will provide a very serious foundation for taking the work of George A. Romero into this new challenging millennium.\" —Tony Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of George A. Romero\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Romero. Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The essays in this volume show us how Romero's prophetic legacy continues to reverberate through popular culture, helping us to think about the all too real horrors that we continue to face.\" —Steven Shaviro, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinematic Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvi\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Are They Coming to Get Us?\t\u003cbr\u003eGloria Pastorino\t1\u003cbr\u003eSplat Panel Shocks: Romero, EC Horror and Innovation\t\u003cbr\u003eEmma Austin\t15\u003cbr\u003eNo Grave Can Hold Them: Night of the Living Dead and the Rise and Rebirth of Zombies in Comics\t\u003cbr\u003eChera Kee\t32\u003cbr\u003eBlowing It All to Hell: Zombie Films as Allegorical Westerns\t\u003cbr\u003eGloria Pastorino\t54\u003cbr\u003eDead Men Telling Tales: From Night of the Living Dead to Zone One\t\u003cbr\u003eAngela Tenga\t80\u003cbr\u003eThe Night of Spaghetti Horror: The ­Flesh-Eating Frenzy of Italian Zombies and Cannibals\t\u003cbr\u003eFulvio Orsitto and Gloria Pastorino\t98\u003cbr\u003eFrom Fiddler's Green to Juiced Up Islands: The State of the State in Romero's Zombie Narratives\t\u003cbr\u003eBruce Peabody\t117\u003cbr\u003e\"They're [Still] Coming to Get You\": White Liberals as the Zombie Horde in Jordan Peele's Get Out\t\u003cbr\u003eCammie M. Sublette\t143\u003cbr\u003eRousseau, Romero, and the \"Sentiment of Existence\": The Search for Perfectibility in Dawn of the Dead\t\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Isaak Gross\t155\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Do Not Go Gentle into That Bad Night: Humanism, Violence, and Plumbing the Romero Legacy\t\u003cbr\u003eBruce Peabody\t170\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\t189\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t193\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\t205\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t207","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040460996951,"sku":"9781476678375","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476678375.jpg?v=1750946826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-the-living-dead-9781476678375","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}