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

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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 programme...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Abbott, Stacey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Vampire films > 21st century > History and criticism.
Vampires on television > 21st century > History and criticism.
Zombie films > 21st century > History and criticism.
Vampires à la télévision > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Films de zombies > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Vampire films
Vampires on television
Zombie films
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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