Beyond Zombie Politics: The Art of George a. Romero's Cinema (Horror and Monstrosity Studies Series)

Contributions by Julien Achemchame, Julie Assouly, David Church, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, Hélène Frazik, Pierre Jailloux, Nicolas Labarre, Sophie Lécole-Solnychkine, Janice Loreck, Stella Louis, Kingsley Marshall, Krista Mitchell, Karen D.Thornton, and Arnaud Widendaële Best known for Night of the Living Dead (1968) and its sequels, George A.Romero (1940-2017) was a writer, editor, director, producer, and influential pioneer of the horror film genre.Beyond Zombie Politics: The Art of George A. Romero’s Cinema gathers a group of contributors to explore Romero’s work beyond the Living Dead films with two parallel but complementary tendencies within twenty-first-century film studies: the renewed interest in horror aesthetics and the emphasis on filmmaking as a collaborative practice. Opening with an original interview with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, who shares her views on the late director’s craft and influence, the anthology is divided into three sections that deal with genre, visual an