Overview

In 1968, George Romero's film Night of the Living Dead premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games. Romero's creativity and enduring influence make him a worthy object of inquiry in his own right, and his long career helps us take stock of the shifting interest in zombies since the 1960s. Examining his work promotes a better understanding of the current state of the zombie and where it is going amidst the political and social turmoil of the twenty-first century. These essays document, interpret, and explain the meaning of the still-budding Romero legacy, drawing cross-disciplinary perspectives from such fields as literature, political science, philosophy, and comparative film studies. Essays consider some of the sources of Romero's inspiration (including comics, science fiction, and Westerns), chart his influence as a storyteller and a social critic, and consider the legacy he leaves for viewers, artists, and those studying the living dead.

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Author:   Bruce Peabody ,  Gloria Pastorino
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.419kg
ISBN:  

9781476678375

ISBN 10:   1476678375
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   31 August 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi Introduction: Are They Coming to Get Us? Gloria Pastorino 1 Splat Panel Shocks: Romero, EC Horror and Innovation Emma Austin 15 No Grave Can Hold Them: Night of the Living Dead and the Rise and Rebirth of Zombies in Comics Chera Kee 32 Blowing It All to Hell: Zombie Films as Allegorical Westerns Gloria Pastorino 54 Dead Men Telling Tales: From Night of the Living Dead to Zone One Angela Tenga 80 The Night of Spaghetti Horror: The Flesh-Eating Frenzy of Italian Zombies and Cannibals Fulvio Orsitto and Gloria Pastorino 98 From Fiddler's Green to Juiced Up Islands: The State of the State in Romero's Zombie Narratives Bruce Peabody 117 They're [Still] Coming to Get You : White Liberals as the Zombie Horde in Jordan Peele's Get Out Cammie M. Sublette 143 Rousseau, Romero, and the Sentiment of Existence : The Search for Perfectibility in Dawn of the Dead Benjamin Isaak Gross 155 Conclusion: Do Not Go Gentle into That Bad Night: Humanism, Violence, and Plumbing the Romero Legacy Bruce Peabody 170 Filmography 189 Bibliography 193 About the Contributors 205 Index 207

Reviews

Clear, coherent, and containing the best examples of academic critical integrity, it promises to be an indispensable work that will provide a very serious foundation for taking the work of George A. Romero into this new challenging millennium. --Tony Williams, author of The Cinema of George A. Romero and George A. Romero. Interviews The essays in this volume show us how Romero's prophetic legacy continues to reverberate through popular culture, helping us to think about the all too real horrors that we continue to face. --Steven Shaviro, author of The Cinematic Body

Author Information

Bruce Peabody is a professor of government and politics at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Gloria Pastorino is a professor of Italian and French at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she also teaches English and world literature, drama, and film. She lives in New York, New York.

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