Undead Apocalypse : Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century

Name: Undead Apocalypse
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9780748694907
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ISBN: 9780748694907

by Stacey Abbott

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0748694900

ISBN-13 9780748694907

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 27th, 2016

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 658 grams

Dimensions 24.30 x 16.30 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Film theory & criticism Individual film directors, film-makers Film: styles & genres Film history, theory or criticism Individual film directors, film-makers Film: styles and genres

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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.

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 television 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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