Undead Apocalypse : : Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century / / Stacey Abbott.
Explores the intersection of the vampire and zombie with 21st Century dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinemaTwenty-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, t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 6 B/W illustrations 24 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 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 Cinematic Rising: The Resurgence of the 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
- Works Cited
- Index