{"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 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyle William Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413026541842,"sku":"9780786448067","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_102bee9a-f45c-4646-99ed-e1a712d6e841.jpg?v=1729340804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-zombie-gothic-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-walking-dead-in-popular-culture-9780786448067","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}