Stacey Abbott

Undead Apocalypse (eBook, ePUB)

Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Twenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellant; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend and 28 Days Later, as well as TV programmes like Angel and The Walking Dead, this book challenges these popular assumptions and reveals the increasing interconnection of undead genres. Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while the zombie text has increasingly been influenced by the trope of the 'reluctant' vampire, Stacey Abbott shows how both archetypes are actually two sides of the same undead coin. When considered together they present a dystopian, sometimes apocalyptic, vision of twenty-first century existence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748694938
• Artikelnr.: 50216188

Autorenporträt

Stacey Abbott is a Reader in Film and Television Studies at the University of Roehampton. Her research focuses on the horror genre and the gothic in film and television, with a particular specialism in both vampires and zombies.She is the author of Near Dark (2020), Undead Apocalypse (EUP, 2016), TV Horror (2013), Angel (2007) and Celluloid Vampires (2007). She is the editor of Global TV Horror (2021), TV Goes to Hell (2011) and The Cult TV Book (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: Needing to know the
plural of apocalypse 1: The Legacy of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend 2:
'Cancer with a Purpose': Putting the Vampire Under the Microscope 3: The
Second Rising: The Resurgence of the Cinematic Zombie 4: A Very Slow
Apocalypse: Zombie TV 5: The Hybrid Hero 6: 'Be Me': I Vampire/ I Zombie 7:
How to Survive a Vampire Apocalypse: or, what to do when the vampires are
us Afterword: They Walk Among Us: Vampires and Zombies Popular Culture
Filmography TV Guide Work Cited