{"product_id":"zombie-cinema-hardback-9780813589466","title":"Zombie Cinema (Hardback) 9780813589466","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZombie Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Olney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813589466\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 11.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.226 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eZombie Cinema \u003c\/i\u003eis a brisk, informative read that gives us a zesty tour through an amazingly prolific and popular contemporary film cycle. He's clearly done his homework in excavating–or disinterring, as the case may be–zombie movies from disparate cultural and historical contexts.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Stephen Prince, author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"What the vampire was to the 1980s and 90s, the zombie has become for early twenty-first century audiences, the monster of choice, spreading through a multitude of media texts. Ian Olney organizes the history of the zombie in popular culture from Haitian voodoo practice to the present, providing clear analysis of its evolution and development. Theoretically informed, the writing is engaging and accessible throughout.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Rick Worland, Southern Methodist University, author of The Horror Film: An Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eZombie Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a pithy overview of zombie cinema and a fresh perspective on the most trenchant themes highlighted in zombie films. Olney manages to deftly weave [a quantity of scholarly as well as cinematic research] into the lithe booklet, all while presenting his own argument. It can be read in a matter of hours, but the observations Olney puts forth are sure to stick with the reader for much longer.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Journal of American Studies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt's official: the zombie apocalypse is here.  The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they have never been as ubiquitous or as widely-embraced as they are today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZombie Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and accessible introduction to this massively popular genre. Presenting a historical overview of zombie appearances in cinema and on television, Ian Olney also considers why, more than any other horror movie monster, zombies have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences.\u003cbr\u003e Surveying the landmarks of zombie film and TV, from \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, the book also offers unique insight into why zombies have gone global, spreading well beyond the borders of American and European cinema to turn up in films from countries as far-flung as Cuba, India, Japan, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Both fun and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eZombie Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e will give readers a new perspective on our ravenous hunger for the living dead.    \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBlack Mask, White Zombies\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eConsumer Culture\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBoy Eats Girl\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Homebodies\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563715391768,"sku":"9780813589466","price":57.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zombie-cinema-hardback-9780813589466","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}