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American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture
American Zombie Gothic The Rise and Fall of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture - and Rise
Author: Kyle William Bishop
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786448067
ISBN-10: 0786448067
Publication Date: 1/26/2010
Pages: 247
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Publisher: McFarland
Book Type: Paperback
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