Epidemic Films to Die For
eBook - ePub

Epidemic Films to Die For

A Chronicle of the Covid-19 Plague Years

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Epidemic Films to Die For

A Chronicle of the Covid-19 Plague Years

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Title
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Panic in the Streets
  9. 1 The Panther behind Bars: Oliver Sacks and Parkinson’s
  10. 2 The Heroic Doctors of the Pre-apocalypse
  11. 3 Hollywood in the Polio Years: Playgrounds without Children
  12. 4 A Diabolical Abecedary of Viruses
  13. 5 Plagues . . . Black, Red, Yellow, and White
  14. 6 Bacteria in Lingua Latina
  15. 7 Fungal Nightmares, Pollen Poisoning, and Other Botanical Horrors
  16. 8 Creepy Crawlers and Other Things That Get under Your Skin
  17. 9 HIV/AIDS and STDs: The Person Is Not the Disease
  18. 10 OxyContin and the Opioids: A 10 on the Pain Scale
  19. 11 The Covid-19 Pandemic: We Told You So
  20. 12 Nonpathogenic Epidemics: The Politics of Race, Class, and Caste
  21. 13 Androids and the Gray Man
  22. 14 Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Human Mouse
  23. 15 Zombies Я Us, Vampires R You
  24. 16 Imaginary and Idiopathic Viruses: As If There Weren’t Enough Real Ones
  25. 17 Alien Sex and the Midwich Cuckoos
  26. 18 Stillstand: A New (Post-Covid-19) Structure of Feeling
  27. Afterword: Forever Epidemics
  28. Appendix: Epidemic Cinema Database
  29. Bibliography
  30. Typological Index of Epidemic Films
  31. Copyright