Rhetoric of Modern Death in American Living Dead Films
Outi Hakola author Bruce Johnson editor Kari Kallioniemi editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Intellect
Published:15th Jan '15
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Zombies, vampires and mummies are frequent stars of American horror films. But what does their cinematic omnipresence and audiences’ hunger for such films tell us about American views of death? Here, Outi Hakola investigates the ways in which American living-dead films have addressed death through different narrative and rhetorical solutions during the twentieth century. She focuses on films from the 1930s, including Dracula, The Mummy and White Zombie, films of the 1950s and 1960s such as Night of the Living Dead and The Return of Dracula, as well as more recent fare like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Mummy and Resident Evil.
ISBN: 9781783203796
Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm x 10mm
Weight: 304g
184 pages