ISBN:
9781137276490
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (239 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Communication
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈p 〉This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, music, social media, literature and fandom
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Part I: The Zombie Renaissance; 1 Introduction; 2 An Infected Population: Zombie Culture and the Modern Monstrous; 3 'I always wanted to see how the other half lives': The Contemporary Zombie as Seductive Proselyte; Part II: Zombies Go to the Movies; 4 Archiving Gore: Who Owns Zombie Flesh Eaters?; 5 Consumerism and the Undead City: The Silent Hill and Resident Evil Films; 6 The Undead Down Under; Part III: Zombies Invade Television, Video Games and Music
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Rocking with the Undead: How Zombies Infected the Psychobilly Subculture8 A Utilitarian Antagonist: The Zombie in Popular Video Games; 9 Zombies and the Sociological Imagination: The Walking Dead as Social-Science Fiction; Part IV: Zombie Fans and Digital Cultures; 10 Mumsnet Zombies: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse on Mumsnet and YouTube; 11 Zombies, Zomedies, Digital Fan Cultures and the Politics of Taste; 12 Zombie Culture: Dissent, Celebration and the Carnivalesque in Social Spaces; Part V: Zombies in Writing and Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
13 The Galvanic 'Unhuman': Technology, the Living Dead and the 'Animal-Machine' in Literature and Culture14 Zombies, a Lost Literary Heritage and the Return of the Repressed; Index
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