{"product_id":"rhetoric-of-modern-death-in-american-living-dead-films-by-outi-hakola-9781783203796","title":"Rhetoric of Modern Death in American Living Dead Films","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZombies, vampires, and mummies are frequent stars of American horror films. But what does their cinematic omnipresence and audiences' hunger for such films tell us about American views of death?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Outi Hakola investigates the ways in which American living-dead films have addressed death through different narrative and rhetorical solutions during the twentieth century. She focuses on films from the 1930s, including \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mummy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e, films of the 1950s and 1960s such as \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recent fare like \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mummy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eResident Evil\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, the book succeeds in framing the tradition of living dead films, discussing the cinematic processes of addressing the films' viewers, and analyzing the films' socio-cultural negotiation with death in this specific genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464188510444,"sku":"9781783203796","price":81.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781783203796-rhetoric-of-modern-death-in-american-living-dead-films.jpg?v=1775041066","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rhetoric-of-modern-death-in-american-living-dead-films-by-outi-hakola-9781783203796","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}