Acknowledgments
Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves
1 Black Mask, White Zombies
2 Consumer Culture
3 Boy Eats Girl
Conclusion: Homebodies
Further Reading
Works Cited
Index
IAN OLNEY is an associate professor of English at York College of
Pennsylvania in York. He is the author of Euro Horror: Classic
European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture.
"Zombie Cinema is a brisk, informative read that gives us a
zesty tour through an amazingly prolific and popular contemporary
film cycle. He's clearly done his homework in excavating–or
disinterring, as the case may be–zombie movies from disparate
cultural and historical contexts."
*author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of
Reality*
"What the vampire was to the 1980s and 90s, the zombie has become
for early twenty-first century audiences, the monster of choice,
spreading through a multitude of media texts. Ian Olney organizes
the history of the zombie in popular culture from Haitian voodoo
practice to the present, providing clear analysis of its
evolution and development. Theoretically informed, the writing is
engaging and accessible throughout."
*Southern Methodist University, author of The Horror Film: An
Introduction*
"Zombie Cinema offers both a pithy overview of zombie cinema
and a fresh perspective on the most trenchant themes highlighted in
zombie films. Olney manages to deftly
weave [a quantity of scholarly as well as cinematic
research] into the lithe booklet, all while presenting his own
argument. It can be read in a matter of hours, but the observations
Olney puts forth are sure to stick with the reader for much
longer."
*Journal of American Studies*
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