Research Catalog

Title

Beyond the living dead : essays on the Romero legacy / edited by Bruce Peabody and Gloria Pastorino.

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

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Additional Authors

• Peabody, Bruce Garen, 1969-
• Pastorino, Gloria

Description

vii, 213 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Contributions to zombie studies

Uniform Title

Contributions to zombie studies.

Subject

• Romero, George A. > Criticism and interpretation
• Romero, George A
• Zombie films > History and criticism
• PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror
• Zombie films

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Zombie films.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204), filmography (pages 189-192) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Are they coming to get us? / Gloria Pastorino -- Splat panel shocks: Romero, EC horror and innovation / Emma Austin -- No grave can hold them: Night of the living dead and the rise and rebirth of zombies in comics / Chera Kee -- Blowing it all to hell: zombie films as allegorical Westerns / Gloria Pastorino -- Dead men telling tales: from Night of the living dead to Zone one / Angela Tenga -- The night of spaghetti horror: the flesh-eating of Italian zombies and cannibals / Fulvio Orsitto and Gloria Pastorino -- From Fiddler's green to Juiced up islands: the state of the state in Romero's Zombie narratives / Bruce Peabody -- "They're [still] coming to get you"; white liberals as the Zombie horde in Jordan Peele's Get out / Cammie M. Sublette -- Rousseau, Romero and the "sentiment of existence": the search for perfectibility in Dawn of the dead / Benjamin Isaak Gross -- Conclusion: Do not go gentle into that bad: humanism, violence and plumbing the Romero legacy / Bruce Peabody.

Call Number

MWES (Romero, G.) 21-3322

ISBN

• 9781476678375
• 1476678375

LCCN

2021033626

OCLC

1198893736

Title

Beyond the living dead : essays on the Romero legacy / edited by Bruce Peabody and Gloria Pastorino.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Contributions to zombie studies

Contributions to zombie studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204), filmography (pages 189-192) and index.

Added Author

Peabody, Bruce Garen, 1969- editor.

Pastorino, Gloria, editor.

Research Call Number

MWES (Romero, G.) 21-3322