{"product_id":"dead-white-and-blue-aaron-w-clayton-9781476684932","title":"Dead, White and Blue: The Zombie and American National Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness. Pop culture critics reveal that these not-quite humans are often proxies for race, and the post-apocalyptic landscapes set the stage for reimagining social and political institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book advances horror scholarship by placing those stories within a long tradition of mythologizing U.S. history. It demonstrates how Disney's \u003ci\u003eZombies\u003c\/i\u003e reenacts the civil rights movement, how \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e fulfills Thoreau's fantasy against the backdrop of founding a new nation, and how \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e permits visitors to experience the Old West while bearing witness to Indian Removal. Each of these narratives imagines a future that retells the past. The chapters within look at that tradition in order to understand the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron W. Clayton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476684936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476684932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Aaron W. Clayton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132603560191,"sku":"9781476684932","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d20bd71f-e63b-49bf-8858-46fef75157ba.jpg?v=1687481189","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-white-and-blue-aaron-w-clayton-9781476684932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}