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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Outi Hakola , Bruce Johnson , Kari Kallioniemi (University of Turku)Publisher: Intellect Imprint: Intellect Books Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9781783203796ISBN 10: 178320379 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 15 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Cultural Context: Change of Death-Related Attitudes 1.2. The Material: Living Dead Films 1.3. Theoretical Departure Points: Understanding Textual and Generic Addressing Chapter 2: Modality of Living Death 2.1. Embodying Death 2.2. Narrating Death 2.3. Symbolizing Death Chapter 3: Classical Living Dead Films 3.1. Dracula – Horrifying and Unnatural Death 3.2. White Zombie – Distancing and Alienating Death 3.3. The Mummy and Scientific Death 3.4. Idealization of Modern Death Chapter 4: Undead of the Transitional Era 4.1. Familial and Americanized Vampires 4.2. Mummy – Scientific Control of Natural Death 4.3. Getting Out of Control – Zombies, Violence and Death 4.4. Challenging the Ideals of Modern Death Chapter 5: Post-Classical Undead 5.1. Mummies and Body Horror 5.2. Mistreatment of Dead – Zombies and Death Industries 5.3. Desire for Self-Expressive Vampires 5.4. Ambiguous Return of Ordinary Death Chapter 6: Digitalized Living Dead 6.1. The Mummy and Aesthetics of Trivial Death 6.2. Discomforting Position of the Viewer in Zombie Apocalypses 6.3. Vampires and Death as Part of Personal Identity 6.4. Obsessive Interest in Death Chapter 7: Transforming Traditions of Rhetoric of Death Filmography BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationOuti Hakola is Lecturer in North American Studies in the Area and Cultural Studies Programme at the University of Helsinki. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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