ISBN:
9781440803895
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (400 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Zombies -- Encyclopedias
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Zombies ; Encyclopedias
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character. The encyclopedia examines a wide range of significant topics pertaining to zombies, such as zombies in the pulp magazines; the creation of the figure of the zuvembie to subvert decades of censorship by the Comics Code of Authority; Humans vs. Zombies, a popular zombie-themed game played on college campuses across the country; and annual Halloween zombie walks. Organized alphabetically to facilitate use of the encyclopedia as a research tool, it also includes entries on important scholarly works in the expanding field of zombie studies.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A-Z Entries -- Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies -- Africa -- Angel, Joanna -- Apocalypse -- Army of Darkness (Comic) -- Asian Cinema -- Astro-Zombies, The -- Autumn Series -- Barker, Clive -- Baron Samedi -- Bierce, Ambrose -- Blind Dead Tetralogy -- Blood Crazy -- Blood Creek -- Bokur/Caplata -- Bombie the Zombie -- Boneman -- Boneshaker -- Book of the Dead -- Bowery at Midnight -- Boy Who Couldn't Die, The -- Bradbury, Ray -- Brooks, Max -- Bubba Ho-Tep (Film) -- "Bubba Ho-Tep" (Short Story) -- C.H.U.D. Series -- Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The -- Campbell, Bruce -- Cannibalism -- Carnival of Souls -- Cell -- Cellar, The -- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things -- Children's Books -- Clark, Bob -- Class -- Colin -- Comedy -- Coscarelli, Don -- "Country of Comers-Back, The" -- Craven, Wes -- Crazies, The -- Creepshow -- Cronenberg, David -- Cult Film -- Davis, Wade -- Dawn of the Dead -- Day of the Dead -- Dead Alive -- Dead and Buried -- Dead Island -- Dead Rising -- Dead Set -- Dead Snow -- Dead Walk, The -- Dead World Series -- Dementia -- Draugar -- Ed and His Dead Mother -- Epidemics -- Evil Dead, The (Films) -- Evil Dead: The Musical -- Evil Dead, The (Video Game) -- Existentialism -- "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The" -- Fido -- Fog, The -- Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy, The -- Franco, Jess -- Free Will -- Fulci, Lucio -- Gates of Hell Trilogy -- Gender -- Ghosts -- Ghoul -- Gil's All Fright Diner -- "Gilgamesh" -- Golem -- Goon, The -- Gordon, Stuart -- Grant, Mira -- Graphic Novels and Comics -- Greatshell, Walter -- Grindhouse -- Haiti -- Hammer Film Productions -- Handling the Undead -- "Herbert West-Reanimator" -- "History of Gherib and His Brother Agib, The" -- Homecoming -- House of the Dead Series -- How to Be a Zombie.
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