Undead Apocalypse
Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20003592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stacey Abbott (0000-0002-7613-1918, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Undead Apocalypse (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694907.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4234785207 |
| ISBN | 9780748694907 |
| Open Library | OL28605784M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Twenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellent; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend , Daybreakers , and 28 Days Later , as well as television programmes like Angel , In the Flesh , and The Walking Dead , this book challenges these popular assumptions and reveals the increasing interconnection of undead genres. Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease, and apocalypse, while the zombie text has increasingly been influenced by the trope of the ‘reluctant’ vampire, this book shows how both archetypes are actually two sides of the same undead coin. When considered together they present a dystopian, sometimes apocalyptic, vision of twenty-first century existence
Art · Art history · Dracula · Dystopia · Legend · Literature · Vampire · Zombie · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Modern American Literature Studies · Vampires
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |