Tom Zaniello

Epidemic Films to Die For

A Chronicle of the Covid-19 Plague Years. Sprachen: Englisch. 22,9 cm / 15,2 cm / 1,5 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 288 Seiten
EAN 9798765108536
Veröffentlicht Mai 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Epidemic cinema remains an enduring genre of contemporary film, ranging from medical dramas to post-apocalyptic thrillers. Using a vast filmography, Zaniello not only details the incredible variety of epidemics and their role in popular culture, but also demonstrates how epidemics, as a rule, have been confronted without proper preparation or deployment of resources in different forms of media. Therefore, Epidemic Films to Die For is the first and the only book that extensively analyzes the history and deployment of films and TV series towards a chronicle of epidemic films. In addition to providing an overview of how widespread disease and illness have been historically depicted via film and media, this book skillfully contextualizes the contemporary ongoing moment in which filmmakers and producers grapple with the cultural imaginary surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tom Zaniello is Professor Emeritus at Northern Kentucky University, USA. He has been active as a film programmer in Washington DC and is currently completing a study of Hitchcock's subversion of Hollywood style. He has published books on working-class films and controversial trials.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Introduction: Panic in the Streets 1. The Panther Behind Bars: Oliver Sacks and Parkinson's 2. The Heroic Doctors of the Pre-Apocalypse 3. Hollywood in the Polio Years: Playgrounds Without Children 4. A Diabolical Abecedary of Viruses 5. Plagues ... Black, Red, Yellow, and White 6. Bacteria in Lingua Latina 7. Fungal Nightmares, Pollen Poisoning, and Other Botanical Horrors 8. Creepy Crawlers and Other Things that Get Under Your Skin 9. HIV/AIDS and STDs: The Person is Not the Disease 10. OxyContin and the Opioids: A 10 on the Pain Scale 11. The Covid-19 Pandemic: We Told You So 12. Non-Pathogenic Epidemics: The Politics of Race, Class, and Caste 13. Androids and The Grey Man 14. Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and The Human Mouse 15. Zombies R Us, Vampires R You 16. Imaginary and Idiopathic Viruses: As If There Weren't Enough Real Ones 17. Alien Sex and the Midwich Cuckoos 18. Standstill: A New (Post-Covid-19) Structure of Feeling Afterword: Forever Epidemics Appendix: Epidemic Cinema Database Bibliography Typological Index of Epidemic Films Acknowledgements

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