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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 DraculaThe 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 DraculaThe Mummy and Resident Evil.

ISBN: 9781783203796

Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm x 10mm

Weight: 304g

184 pages