03816nam 22005532 450 991079284020332120170822093721.01-4744-2672-70-7486-9493-50-7486-9492-710.1515/9780748694921(CKB)3710000001156199(StDuBDS)EDZ0001665551(MiAaPQ)EBC5013847(UkCbUP)CR9780748694921(DE-B1597)614709(DE-B1597)9780748694921(OCoLC)1301550004(EXLCZ)99371000000115619920170302d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUndead apocalypse vampires and zombies in the 21st century /Stacey Abbott[electronic resource]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2016.1 online resource (ix, 225 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).0-7486-9490-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: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.Explores the intersection of the vampire and zombie with 21st Century dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinema.<p>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.</p>Key features<ul><li>Rather than seeing them as separate or oppositional, this book explores the intersection and dialogue between the vampire and zombie across film and television</li><li>Much contemporary scholarship on the vampire focuses on Dark Romance, while this book explores the more horror-based end of the genre</li><li>Offers a detailed discussion of the development of zombie television</li><li>Provides a detailed examination of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, including the novel, the script, the adaptations and the BBFC's response to Matheson's script</li></ul>Vampire films21st centuryHistory and criticismVampires on television21st centuryHistory and criticismZombie films21st centuryHistory and criticismCriticism, interpretation, etc.fastVampire filmsHistory and criticism.Vampires on televisionHistory and criticism.Zombie filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/675HD 402rvkAbbott Stacey1472201UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910792840203321Undead apocalypse3837830UNINA