Julia Echeverria

Epidemic Cinema

The Rise of a Genre

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the recent trend in global cinema to feature infectious disease.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2023
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781032541358
• ISBN-10: 1032541350
• Artikelnr.: 69030535

Autorenporträt

Julia Echeverría is a Doctor in Film Studies from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, where she works as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Humanities

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Plague-Metaphors in the Age of the Virus
Chapter 2. The Origins of the Genre
Chapter 3. Defining the Epidemic Genre
Chapter 4. Connectivity: Contagion and Viral (Dis)Information
Chapter 5. Territorial Conversion: Children of Men and Viral Fear
Chapter 6. Bodily Conversion: Warm Bodies and Viral Love
Chapter 7. Containment: Blindness and Viral Media
Conclusion