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Gospel of the living dead : George Romero's visions of hell on earth / Kim Paffenroth Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2006.
Call No: 81ROM PAFAuthor: Paffenroth, Kim Source: USPlace: Waco, TexasPublisher: Baylor University PressPubDate: 2006PhysDes: 219 p. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; HORROR FILMS ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; SOCIAL ISSUES IN FILMS. USA ; SOCIETY IN FILMS. USA ; RELIGION IN FILMS. USA ; CONSUMERISM IN FILMS. USA ; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. USA ; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. USA ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; SNYDER, ZACK ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1978) ; DAY OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1985) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, Zack Snyder, 2004) ; LAND OF THE DEAD (CN/FR/US, George Romero, 2005) Summary: "For nearly forty years the zombie films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. This rigorous but entertaining study shows how these films use Christian imagery from the Bible and Dante to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, while also giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America that should be heeded by Christian and humanist alike." (Taken from the back cover)Notes: Includes bibliography, indexISBN: 9781932792652Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009
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The Mad Max effect : road warriors in international exploitation cinema / James Newton New York: Bloomsbury Academic,
Call No: 79 MAD NEWAuthor: Newton, James Edition: 2021Place: New YorkPublisher: Bloomsbury AcademicPhysDes: 216 pages : illustrated ; 23 cmSubject: [TWENTY-NINETEEN] 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK [2019: DOPO LA CADUTA DI NEW YORK] (IT/FR, Sergio Martino, 1983) ; ANDERSON, WES ; AUTOMOBILES IN FILMS ; DEAD END DRIVE-IN (AT, Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) ; DEATH RACE 2000 (US, Paul Bartel, 1975) ; DEATH RUN (UK, Michael J. Murphy, 1987) ; DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974) ; EXPLOITATION FILMS ; EXTERMINATOR, THE (US, James Glickenhaus, 1980) ; HOME VIDEO ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85) ; MILLER, GEORGE ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV Summary: The Mad Max Effect provides an in-depth analysis of the Mad Max series, and how it began as an inventive concoction of a number of influences from a range of exploitation genres (including the biker movie, the revenge film, and the car chase cinema of the 1970s), to eventually inspiring a fresh cycle of international low budget 'road warrior' movies that appeared on home video in the 1980s.
The Mad Max Effect is the first detailed academic study of the most famous and celebrated post-apocalypse film series, and examines how a humble Australian action movie came from the cultural margins of exploitation cinema to have a profound impact on the broader media landscape. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781501342295Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Origins of the Road Warrior -- Chapter Two: The Death Race Lineage -- Chapter Three: Contextualising Mad Max -- Chapter Four: The Politics of Mad Max -- Chapter Five: MadMaxploitation! Transnational Road Warriors -- Chapter Six: Fury Road and the Imitation of Exploitation -- Chapter Seven: Mad Max and the metatext: Fan Engagement and Online Culture -- Conclusion: A Few Years From Now -- List of Films -- Reference List -- Index
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Sexualität und widerstand [= sexuality and resistance] : Internationale Filmkulturen / Aylin Basaran, Julia B. Köhne, Klaudija Sabo, Christina Wieder (Hg.) Berlin: Mandelbaum, 2018.
Call No: 749.0 SEXAuthor: Basaran, Aylin ; Köhne, Julia B ; Sabo, Klaudija ; Wieder, Christina Place: BerlinPublisher: MandelbaumPubDate: 2018PhysDes: 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: SEX IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY IN FILMS ; SCIENTISTS IN FILMS ; SCIENCE IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1920's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; ECSTASY [EKSTASE] (CZ/AU, Gustav Machaty, 1933) ; BERKELEY, BUSBY ; EISENSTEIN, SERGEI M. ; JOHNNY GUITAR (US, Nicholas Ray, 1954) ; SUNA NO ONNA (JA, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) ; RANI RADOVI (YU, Zelmir Zilnik, 1969) ; YUGOSLAVIA ; REPRODUCTION IN FILMS ; TANGOS - L'EXIL DE GARDEL (FR/AG, Fernando E. Solanas, 1985) ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; BLACK PANTHER (US, Ryan Coogler, 2018) Summary: "Wie inszeniert das Medium Film das Zusammenspiel von Sexualität, Widerstand und Körperpolitiken? Welche Formen von Sexualität und erotischer Sinnlichkeit, die entweder als widerständige Handlungsweisen oder als Teil von politischem Widerstand adressiert werden können, wurden in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten in internationalen Filmkulturen visualisiert und damit hervorgehoben? Kann die Darstellung des sexualisierten Körpers oder sexuellen Akts in bestimmten Kontexten zu einer politischen Waffe werden? Welchen Raum erhalten dabei divergierende sexuelle Orientierungen und Praktiken etwa im Verbund mit homosexuellem Begehren?
Der Sammelband vereint eine Mischung aus interdisziplinären und künstlerischen Zugängen zum Thema Sexualität und Widerstand und spürt seinen (audio-)visuellen Vermittlungen aus lokaler und transnationaler Perspektive nach. Das breite Spektrum an Textgenres reicht von akademischen Reflexionen über Malerei bis hin zu Dichtkunst und Bildcollagen. Fragen der Film-, Medien-, Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft sowie Geschlechterforschung und Zeitgeschichte treffen in diesem Band auf sexualwissenschaftliche und medizinhistorische Ansätze." -- FROM BLURBNotes: In German and EnglishISBN: 9783854768265Language: German and EnglishDonation: Senses of CinemaContents: Sexualität und Widerstand : Internationale Filmkulturen / Aylin Basaran, Julia B. Köhne, Klaudija Sabo, Christina Wieder --
"Aufklärung? Abschreckung? in der mit Sexualität gespannten Atmosphäre des Kinos?" : Sexualität in Wiener klinischen und populärwissenschaftlichen Filmen der Moderne / Katrin Pilz --
'Die neue Frau' oder 'die verlorene Rebellion' / Karin Moser --
Experiment : Projektionenserie / Barbara Eichinger --
From Siegfried Kracauer to Busby Berkeley : Ornamental Bodies in 1930 's film / Isabel Capeloa Gil --
Eisensteins sexuelle Politiken / Peter Grabher --
Sex als Tauschmittel : Beispiele aus Mauthausen / Helga Amesberger und Brigitte Halbmayr --
"That's big talk for a little gun" : Geschlechterrollenwechsel in Nicholas Rays "Johnny Guitar" (1954) / Klaus S. Davidowicz --
Treibsand und Abgrund : Sexualität und Geschlechterkampf in Hiroshi Teshigaharas "Die Frau in den Dünen" (1964) / Gerda Klingenböck --
Erotik, Gewalt und Folklore : die Inszenierung geschlechtlicher und ethnischer Differenz im jugoslawischen Kino um 1968 / Anna Schober --
Die Revolution nach der Revolution : die jugoslawische Jugend im Aufbruch im Film "Rani Radovi" (1961 von Želimir Žilnik / Klaudija Sabo --
Absentes vergegenwärtigen : Schwangerschafisabbruch und Fötalimagologie in westlichen Filmkulturen seit den 1960er Jahren / Julia Barbara Köhne --
Ästhetische Grenzüberschreitungen und widerständige Körper in Fernando Solanas' "Tangos : El Exilio de Gardel" (1985) / Christina Wieder --
Vor der Vertreibung aus dem Paradies : Živko Nikolic' "Lepota Poroka" ["Die Schönheit der Sünde"] (1986) / Andreas Filipovic --
Sexy Zombies? : On the Improbable Possibility of Loving the Undead / Kobi Kabalek --
Goldene Zitronen : Körperpolitiken in Beyoncés "Lemonade" (2016) / Marietta Kesting --
Figurationen der Unkalkulierbarkeit : Maren Ades "Toni Erdmann" (2016) / Monika Bernold --
Wie man Körper wahrnimmt : eine Einübung nach Lukrez / Thomas Ballhausen --
What If the Revolution could be Televised? : "Black Panther" (2018) and the Utopia of Wakanda / Aylin Basaran and Justin Leggs --
Come on Baby, Light my Fire / Sonja Gassner --
Frank Stern zum 75sten / Andreas Huyssen --
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The sky is falling! : the unexpected poltics of Hollywood's superheroes and zombies / Peter Biskind Penguin Books, 2019.
Call No: 735(73) BISAuthor: Biskind, Peter Source: UKPublisher: Penguin BooksPubDate: 2019PhysDes: 12 unnumbered pages, 272 pages ; 20 cmSubject: AVATAR (US, James Cameron, 2009) ; CAMERON, JAMES ; CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (US, Anthony Russo/Joe Russo, 2016) ; DARK KNIGHT, THE (US, Christopher Nolan, 2008) ; GAME OF THRONES [TV] (US, 2011-) ; HAWKINS, SALLY ; LEFT BEHIND (US, Vic Sarin, 2001) ; MARTIAN, THE (US, Ridley Scott, 2015) ; PLANET OF THE APES (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1967) ; SHAPE OF WATER, THE (US, Guillermo del Toro, 2017) ; TRUE BLOOD [TV] (US, 2008-) ; WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ) ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; SUPERHEROES IN FILMS ; APOCALYPSE IN FILMS Summary: A bestselling cultural journalist takes us on a wild ride through pop culture, showing how it paved the way for today's extreme politics
Are Batman and 24's Jack Bauer heroic loners defending our way of life - or right-wing vigilantes attacking it? Is Avatar just a National Geographic version of Star Wars or a passionate assault on capitalism? And what about Game of Thrones - sword and sorcery fantasy, or lesson in mainstream politics?
In The Sky is Falling! bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride across two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a day's work. Welcome to the new normal. -- publisher's websiteNotes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9780241373873Contents: Beyond the fringe : an introduction -- Part I. Winter has come. Apocalypse now --
Bleeding hearts -- Doing the right thing -- Part II. Who'll stop the rain?. Gone fishin' -- Coming apart -- Draining the swamp -- Part III. Breaking bad. The silence of the lambs -- Beauty in the beast -- License to kill -- Part IV. Heaven can't wait. What a piece of work was man -- Anywhere but here -- No exit --
Conclusion : the return of the center.
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The subversive zombie : social protest and gender in undead cinema and television / Elizabeth Aiossa Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc,
Call No: 735.27 AIOAuthor: Aiossa, Elizabeth Edition: 2018Place: Jefferson, North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company IncPhysDes: 186 pages ; 23 cmSeries: contributions to zombie studiesSubject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, Zack Snyder, 2004) ; DAY OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1985) ; DEAD GIRL, THE (US, Karen Moncrieff, 2006) ; GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, THE (UK/US, Colm McCarthy, 2016) ; IN THE FLESH [TV] (UK, 2013-2015) ; LAND OF THE DEAD (CN/FR/US, George Romero, 2005) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990) ; RAW [GRAVE] (FR/BE, Julia Ducournau, 2016) ; [TWENTY-EIGHT] 28 DAYS LATER (UK/US, Danny Boyle, 2002) ; WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ) ; WARM BODIES (US/CN, Jonathan Levine, 2013) ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) Summary: Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. The undead are fast and ferocious in 28 Days Later… (2002) and World War Z (2013). In Warm Bodies (2013) and In the Flesh (2013–2015), they are thoughtful, sensitive and capable of empathy. These sometimes radically different depictions of the undead (and the still living) suggest critical inquiries: What does it mean to be human? What makes a monster? Who survives the zombie apocalypse, and why? Focusing on classic and current movies and TV shows, the author reveals how the once-subversive modern zombie, now more popular than ever, has been co-opted by the mainstream culture industry. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 978147666730Contents: Acknowledgments -- Preface: Dawn of a Zombie Scholar -- Introduction: The Shifting Culture of the Modern Zombie -- 1. Romero and the Modern American Zombie -- 2. The Evolution of Women in Romero’s Dead Series -- 3. Of Monsters and Men: Flipping the Script on Masculinity and Monstrosity -- 4. For the Love of Zombies: The Return of Heteronormativity in Zombie Works -- 5. Heteronormative Heroics in AMC’s The Walking Dead -- 6. Zombie Women Take the Lead -- 7. Embodying the Zombie In the Flesh -- Conclusion: Zombies Past and Future! -- Chapter Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
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Vampires and zombies : transcultural migrations and transnational interpretations / Edited by Dorothea Fischer-Hornung and Monika Mueller Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
Call No: 735.2 FISAuthor: Fischer-Hornung, Dorothea ; Mueller, Monika Edition: 2016Place: JacksonPublisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2016PhysDes: vi, 256 : illus. ; 24 cmSubject: VAMPIRE FILMS ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; THAILAND ; MEXICO ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) ; VAMPYR: THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF ALLEN GRAY [VAMPYR: DER TRAUM DES ALLAN GRAY] (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932) ; VAMPIRO, EL (MX, Paul Nagle, 1959) Notes: The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print media, cinema, and on television. The vampire, with roots in medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone significant transformations in global culture, proliferating as deviant representatives of the zeitgeist.
As this volume demonstrates, distribution of vampires and zombies across time and space has revealed these undead figures to carry multiple meanings. Of all monsters, vampires and zombies seem to be the most trendy--the most regularly incarnate of the undead and the monsters most frequently represented in the media and pop culture. Moreover, both figures have experienced radical reinterpretations. If in the past vampires were evil, blood-sucking exploiters and zombies were brainless victims, they now have metamorphosed into kinder and gentler blood-sucking vampires and crueler, more relentless, flesh-eating zombies. Although the portrayals of both vampires and zombies can be traced back to specific regions and predate mass media, the introduction of mass distribution through film and game technologies has significantly modified their depiction over time and in new environments. Among other topics, contributors discuss zombies in Thai films, vampire novels of Mexico, and undead avatars in horror videogames. This volume--with scholars from different national and cultural backgrounds--explores the transformations that the vampire and zombie figures undergo when they travel globally and through various media and cultures.
Contributions by Katarzyna Ancuta, Daniella Borgia, Timothy R. Fox, Richard J. Hand, Ewan Kirkland, Sabine Metzger, Timothy M. Robinson, Carmen Serrano, Rasmus R. Simonsen, and Johannes Weber -- publisher's blurb
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Zombie cinema / Ian Olney New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2017.
Call No: 735.27 OLNAuthor: olney, Ian Edition: 2017Place: New BrunswickPublisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 2017PhysDes: 170 pages ; 18cmSubject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; BLAXPLOITATION FILMS ; CANNIBALISM IN FILMS ; CRAZIES, THE (US, George A. Romero, 1973) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (US, Jacques Tourner, 1943) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; REVENANTS LES (FR, Robin Campillo, 2004) ; WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ) ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) Summary: It’s official: the zombie apocalypse is here. The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they have never been as ubiquitous or as widely-embraced as they are today.
Zombie Cinema is a lively and accessible introduction to this massively popular genre. Presenting a historical overview of zombie appearances in cinema and on television, Ian Olney also considers why, more than any other horror movie monster, zombies have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences.
Surveying the landmarks of zombie film and TV, from White Zombie to The Walking Dead, the book also offers unique insight into why zombies have gone global, spreading well beyond the borders of American and European cinema to turn up in films from countries as far-flung as Cuba, India, Japan, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Both fun and thought-provoking, Zombie Cinema will give readers a new perspective on our ravenous hunger for the living dead. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780813579474Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves -- 1. Black Mask, White Zombies -- 2. Consumer Culture -- 3. Boy Eats Girl -- Conclusion: Homebodies -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Index
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