ISBN:
9781786838599
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 284 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Horror studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Theorising the contemporary zombie
DDC:
398.45
Keywords:
Zombies in mass media
;
Zombies in popular culture
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Zombie
Abstract:
Theorising the Contemporary Zombie marks a new and exciting study into why zombies are popular today and what lessons can be learned from the undead.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Abstract -- Author Biographies -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Part One: Zombified Bodies -- 1. Zombies, Deviance and the Right to Posthuman Life -- 2. The Apocalypse Workout -- 3. Abject Bodies and Borders -- 4. Aloha 'Oe -- Part Two: Critical Environments -- 5. The Stalking Dead -- 6. M. R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge -- 7. Zombie Colony -- 8. Last Ones Left Alive -- Part Three: Undead Cultures -- 9. Beware the Zuvembies -- 10. Cinematic Voodoo and the Reanimation of Death -- 11. 'Violence is Italian art' -- 12. Surviving the Shambling Signifieds -- Bibliography -- Notes.
