Undead Apocalypse

Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvStacey Abbott,University of Roehampton) Abbott, Stacey (Reader in Film and Television Studies

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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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Utgivningsdatum2016-09-27
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780748694907

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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).

AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Needing to know the plural of apocalypse1: The Legacy of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend2: ‘Cancer with a Purpose’: Putting the Vampire Under the Microscope3: The Second Rising: The Resurgence of the Cinematic Zombie4: A Very Slow Apocalypse: Zombie TV5: The Hybrid Hero6: ‘Be Me’: I Vampire/ I Zombie7: How to Survive a Vampire Apocalypse: or, what to do when the vampires are usAfterword: They Walk Among Us: Vampires and Zombies Popular CultureFilmographyTV GuideWork Cited

By including lesser known gems such as UK miniseries In the Flesh alongside mainstream big-budget movies like World War Z (2013) and cult classics like Night of the Living Dead (1968), Abbott’s careful analysis is sure to introduce even undead aficionados to something new and juicy...A satisfying read from start to finish, the book is also open to those who prefer to dip in, or to read more selectively for texts or tropes. Written clearly, but avoiding excesses of academic obfuscation, it is likely to appeal to serious scholars of these enduring icons, and to fans of some of the many popular and cult texts referred to.'