Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9781474438377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

Stacey Abbott

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Needing to know the plural of apocalypse
1: The Legacy of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend
2: ‘Cancer with a Purpose’: Putting the Vampire Under the Microscope
3: The Second Rising: The Resurgence of the Cinematic 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
Afterword: They Walk Among Us: Vampires and Zombies Popular Culture
Filmography
TV Guide
Work Cited