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A review by amythebookbat
American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture by Kyle William Bishop
4.0
This book began as a PhD dissertation. The writing is very scholarly. The reason I went with 4 stars instead of 5 is because the author uses a lot of uncommon vocabulary and has a tendency to repeat things.
Overall, I think the author has a lot of valid points to make about the evolution of the zombie subgenre. I think it is very interesting to see how various films are allegories to the social fears of the times. I also learned about films I had not heard of prior to reading this and I will now watch them to see the author's points being illustrated.
If you are interested in film criticism or zombie films, you may want to take a look at this book.
Overall, I think the author has a lot of valid points to make about the evolution of the zombie subgenre. I think it is very interesting to see how various films are allegories to the social fears of the times. I also learned about films I had not heard of prior to reading this and I will now watch them to see the author's points being illustrated.
If you are interested in film criticism or zombie films, you may want to take a look at this book.