Zombies - A Cultural History

Informationen zum Autor Roger Luckhurst lives in a post-war utopian social housing estate in inner London and teaches at Birkbeck College, where he is Professor of Modern Literature in the School of Arts. He is the author of Zombies (Reaktion, 2015), and wrote the BFI Classics on Alien and The Shining . Klappentext A history of the zombie, tracing its rise from folklore and superstition to its roles in films, TV, video games and graphic novels today. New in paperback. Zusammenfassung Zombies: A Cultural History! now available in paperback! gives a definitive short introduction to the zombie! exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling! slow-moving yet relentless monster.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Luckhurst, Luckhurst Roger
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781780236698
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-669-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Folklore, myths & legends, Social and cultural history, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)