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George Romero
Night of the Living Dead
Pop Culture
Religion
Zombies
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- ISBN 9781481306973
- Weight: 308g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2020
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Winner of the 2006 Bram Stoker Award, Gospel of the Living Dead connects American social and religious views with the classic American movie genre of the zombie horror film. For nearly forty years, the films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. This study proves that Romero's films, like apocalyptic literature or Dante's Commedia, go beyond the surface experience of repulsion to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, often giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America.
Kim Paffenroth (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.
