{"product_id":"9780786455546","title":"American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture","description":"Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and ’40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity.    This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin’s \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie,\u003c\/i\u003e Jacques Tourneur’s \u003ci\u003eI Walked with a Zombie,\u003c\/i\u003e Lucio Fulci’s \u003ci\u003eZombi 2,\u003c\/i\u003e Dan O’Bannon’s \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Living Dead,\u003c\/i\u003e Danny Boyle’s \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e, and, of course, Romero’s entire “Dead” series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition.    Instructors considering this book for use in a course may  request an examination copy here.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127530733808,"sku":"9780786455546","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786455546_p0.jpg?v=1763665697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786455546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}