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Dead, white and blue : the zombie and American national identity

Title
Dead, white and blue : the zombie and American national identity / Aaron W Clayton.
Author
Clayton, Aaron W., 1981-
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]

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Description
vii, 199 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness. Pop culture critics reveal that these not-quite humans are often proxies for race, and the post-apocalyptic landscapes set the stage for reimagining social and political institutions. This book advances horror scholarship by placing those stories within a long tradition of mythologizing U.S. history. It demonstrates how Disney's Zombies reenacts the civil rights movement, how The Walking Dead fulfills Thoreau's fantasy against the backdrop of founding a new nation, and how Westworld permits visitors to experience the Old West while bearing witness to Indian Removal. Each of these narratives imagines a future that retells the past. The chapters within look at that tradition in order to understand the present."--
Series Statement
Contributions to zombie studies
Uniform Title
Contributions to zombie studies.
Subject
  • Zombies in motion pictures
  • National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
  • Zombies in literature
  • National characteristics, American, in literature
  • Zombies on television
  • National characteristics, American, on television
  • Mass media and nationalism > United States
  • Mass media and nationalism
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A modell of Christian empire -- Figural 1893 -- American mythanthrope -- Modern dead -- The magic island of Seabrook High -- Posthuman zombies.
Call Number
MFL 23-4332
ISBN
  • 9781476684932
  • 1476684936
LCCN
2023018575
OCLC
1374817637
Author
Clayton, Aaron W., 1981- author.
Title
Dead, white and blue : the zombie and American national identity / Aaron W Clayton.
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
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 and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 23-4332
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