ISBN:
0786461403
,
9780786486731
,
9780786461400
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contributions to Zombie Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Generation Zombie : Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Dead Folklore
;
Zombies
;
Dead -- Folklore
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Growing from their early roots in Caribbean voodoo to their popularity today, zombies are epidemic. Their presence is pervasive, whether they are found in video games, street signs, hard drives, or even international politics. These eighteen original essays by an interdisciplinary group of scholars examine how the zombie has evolved over time, its continually evolving manifestations in popular culture, and the unpredictable effects the zombie has had on late modernity. Topics covered include representations of zombies in films, the zombie as environmental critique, its role in mass psychology
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Zombies as Internal Fear or Threat; White Zombie and the Creole; The Origin of the Zombie in American Radio and Film; The Eco-Zombie; Lost Bodies/Lost Souls; Shambling Towards Mount Improbable to Be Born; Ztopia; Soft Murders; Mass Psychology and the Analysis of the Zombie; Gray Is the New Black; Cyberpunk and the Living Dead; The End Begins; Zombies in a "Deep, Dark Ocean of History"; Dead and Live Life; The E-Dead; A Brain Is a Terrible Thing to Waste; Rhetoric Goes Boom(er); The National Strategy for Zombie Containment; About the Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
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