Description
Book SynopsisThe zombie apocalypse is here! The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they are now ubiquitous. Presenting a historical overview of zombies in film and on television,
Zombie Cinema also explores this globalized phenomenon, examining why the dead have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences worldwide.
Trade Review"
Zombie Cinema is a brisk, informative read that gives us a zesty tour through an amazingly prolific and popular contemporary film cycle. He's clearly done his homework in excavating–or disinterring, as the case may be–zombie movies from disparate cultural and historical contexts." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *
"What the vampire was to the 1980s and 90s, the zombie has become for early twenty-first century audiences, the monster of choice, spreading through a multitude of media texts. Ian Olney organizes the history of the zombie in popular culture from Haitian voodoo practice to the present, providing clear analysis of its evolution and development. Theoretically informed, the writing is engaging and accessible throughout." -- Rick Worland * Southern Methodist University, author of The Horror Film: An Introduction *
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Zombie Cinema offers both a pithy overview of zombie cinema and a fresh perspective on the most trenchant themes highlighted in zombie films. Olney manages to deftly weave [a quantity of scholarly as well as cinematic research] into the lithe booklet, all while presenting his own argument. It can be read in a matter of hours, but the observations Olney puts forth are sure to stick with the reader for much longer." * Journal of American Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves
1 Black Mask, White Zombies
2 Consumer Culture
3 Boy Eats Girl
Conclusion: Homebodies
Further Reading
Works Cited
Index
