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Undead apocalypse : vampires and zombies in the twenty-first century /

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 programme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abbott, Stacey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction "Needing to Know the Plural of Apocalypse"
  • The Legacy of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend
  • "Cancer with a Purpose": Putting the Vampire Under the Microscope
  • The Cinematic Rising: The Resurgence of the Zombie
  • A Very Slow Apocalypse: Zombie TV
  • The Hybrid Hero
  • "Be Me": I-Vampire/I-Zombie
  • How to Survive a Vampire Apocalypse: Or, What to Do When the Vampires are Us
  • Afterword They Walk Among Us: Vampires and Zombies in Popular Culture.