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Unraveling Resident Evil
Essays on the Complex Universe of the Games and Films
Häftad, 2014
373 kr
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Resident Evil is a multidimensional as well as multimedia universe: Various books, graphic novels, games and movies (the fifth one came out in 2012) all contribute to this enormous universe. The new essays written for this volume focus on this particular zombie manifestation and its significance in …
Back from the Dead
Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times
Häftad, 2011
396 kr
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Since 1968, the name of motion picture director George Romero has been synonymous with the living dead. His landmark film Night of the Living Dead formed the paradigm of modern zombie cinema; often cited as a metaphor for America during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, the film used …
American Zombie Gothic
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture
Häftad, 2010
259 kr
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Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, …
Race, Oppression and the Zombie
Essays on Cross-Cultural Appropriations of the Caribbean Tradition
Av Christopher M. Moreman, Cory James Rushton
Häftad, 2011
373 kr
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The figure of the zombie is a familiar one in world culture, acting as a metaphor for "the other," a participant in narratives of life and death, good and evil, and of a fate worse than death--the state of being "undead." This book explores the phenomenon from its roots in Haitian folklore to its …
Zombies Are Us
Essays on the Humanity of the Walking Dead
Av Christopher M. Moreman, Cory James Rushton
Häftad, 2011
365 kr
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On the surface, the zombie seems the polar opposite of the human--they are the living dead; we, in essence, are the dying alive. But the zombie is also "us." Although decaying, it looks like us, dresses like us, and sometimes (if rarely) acts like us. In this volume, essays by scholars from a range …
Generation Zombie
Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture
Av Stephanie Boluk, Wylie Lenz
Häftad, 2011
365 kr
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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 …
Zombie Movie Encyclopedia
Av Peter Dendle
Häftad, 2011
259 kr
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Zombies are cautionary forms of humankind's most universally cherished ideal--life after death. Ragged, ill-spoken, rotting zombies (or the post-dead) seem socially awkward beside the more popular and aristocratic undead, like Count Dracula. The humble zombie remains, for the most part, …
Great Zombies in History
Av Joe Sergi
Häftad, 2013
206 kr
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to be eaten!There is a secret history to be told of the undead. See how Samurai, Vikings, Spartans and even Teddy Roosevelt dealt with the zombie horde. Witness the last stand in the Zombie War of 1812, discover what really happened to the lost colony …
...But If a Zombie Apocalypse Did Occur
Essays on Medical, Military, Governmental, Ethical, Economic and Other Implications
Av Amy L. Thompson, Antonio S. Thompson
Häftad, 2015
298 kr
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Part pop culture trope, part hypothetical cataclysm, the zombie apocalypse is rooted in modern literature, film and mythology. This collection of new essays considers the implications of this scientifically impossible (but perhaps imminent) event, examining real-world responses to pandemic …
"We're All Infected"
Essays on AMC's The Walking Dead and the Fate of the Human
Av Dawn Keetley
Häftad, 2014
396 kr
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This edited collection brings together an introduction and 13 original scholarly essays on AMC's The Walking Dead. The essays in the first section address the pervasive bloodletting of the series: What are the consequences of the series' unremitting violence? Essays explore violence committed in …
Zombies and Sexuality
Essays on Desire and the Living Dead
Av Shaka McGlotten, Steve Jones
Häftad, 2014
396 kr
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Since the early 2000s, zombies have increasingly swarmed the landscape of popular culture, with ever more diverse representations of the undead being imagined. A growing number of zombie narratives have introduced sexual themes, endowing the living dead with their own sexual identity. The …
Zombifying a Nation
Race, Gender and the Haitian Loas on Screen
Häftad, 2016
396 kr
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The figure of the zombie that entered the popular imagination with the publication of William Seabrook's The Magic Island (1929)--during the American occupation of Haiti--still holds cultural currency around the world.This book calls for a rethinking of zombies in a sociopolitical context through …
How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture
The Multifarious Walking Dead in the 21st Century
Häftad, 2015
373 kr
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Since the early 2000s, popular culture has experienced a "Zombie Renaissance," beginning in film and expanding into books, television, video games, theatre productions, phone apps, collectibles and toys. Zombies have become allegorical figures embodying cultural anxieties, but they also serve as …
Written Dead
Essays on the Literary Zombie
Av Kyle William Bishop, Angela Tenga
Häftad, 2017
429 kr
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From Victor Halperin's White Zombie (1932) to George A. Romero's landmark Night of the Living Dead (1968) and AMC's hugely successful The Walking Dead (2010-), zombie mythology has become an integral part of popular culture. In a reversal of the typical pattern of adaptation, the zombie developed …
Living with Zombies
Society in Apocalypse in Film, Literature and Other Media
Av Chase Pielak, Alexander H. Cohen
Häftad, 2017
292 kr
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Depictions of the zombie apocalypse continue to reshape our concept of the walking dead (and of ourselves). The undead mirror cultural fears--governmental control, lawlessness, even interpersonal relationships--exposing our weaknesses and demanding a response (or safeguard), even as we imagine ever …
Subversive Zombie
Social Protest and Gender in Undead Cinema and Television
Häftad, 2018
388 kr
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Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. The undead are fast and ferocious in 28 Days Later… (2002) and World War Z (2013). In Warm Bodies (2013) and In the Flesh (2013-2015), they are …
Romancing the Zombie
Essays on the Undead as Significant "Other"
Av Ashley Szanter, Jessica K. Richards
Häftad, 2017
373 kr
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The zombie--popular culture's undead darling--shows no signs of stopping. But as it develops to suit changing audience tastes, its characteristics transform. This collection of new essays examines the latest incarnation, the romantic zombie, a re-humanized monster we want to help, heal and connect …
Politics of Race, Gender and Sexuality in The Walking Dead
Essays on the Television Series and Comics
Av Elizabeth Erwin, Dawn Keetley
Häftad, 2018
400 kr
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From the beginning, both Robert Kirkman's comics and AMC's series of The Walking Dead have brought controversy in their presentations of race, gender and sexuality. Critics and fans have contended that the show's identity politics have veered toward the decidedly conservative, offering up …
Collected Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Zombie
Av William Shakespeare, Chase Pielak
Häftad, 2018
260 kr
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What if one of literature's greatest poets was actually a zombie, writing in an Elizabethan world teeming with the undead hiding in plain sight? Inviting readers to see the sublime in the looming apocalypse, this book presents all 154 Shakespearean sonnets (with minor alterations transfigured into …
Dharma of the Dead
Zombies, Mortality and Buddhist Philosophy
Häftad, 2018
373 kr
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With the increased popularity of zombies in recent years, scholars have considered why the undead have so captured the public imagination. This book argues that the zombie can be viewed as an object of meditation on death, a memento mori that makes the fact of mortality more approachable from what …
Parenting in the Zombie Apocalypse
The Psychology of Raising Children in a Time of Horror
Häftad, 2019
245 kr
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Parenting is difficult under the best of circumstances--but extremely daunting when humanity faces cataclysmic annihilation. When the dead rise, hardship, violence and the ever-present threat of flesh-eating zombies will adversely affect parents and children alike. Depending on their age, children …
Reading the Great American Zombie
The Living Dead in Literature
Av T. May Stone
Häftad, 2022
691 kr
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Challenging the human understanding of life and death, the zombie figure represents a fragmentation of personhood. From its earliest appearances in literature, the zombie characterized a human being that was no longer an indivisible whole, embodying the ontological debate over which elements of …
Beyond the Living Dead
Essays on the Romero Legacy
Av Bruce Peabody, Gloria Pastorino
Häftad, 2021
396 kr
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In 1968, George Romero's film Night of the Living Dead premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games. Romero's creativity and enduring influence make him a worthy object of inquiry in his own right, and his long career …
Faith and the Zombie
Critical Essays on the End of the World and Beyond
Av Simon Bacon
Häftad, 2023
601 kr
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Themes of faith and religion have been threaded through popular representations of the zombie so often that they now seem inextricably linked. Whether as mindless servants to a Vodou Bokor or as evidence of the impending apocalypse, the ravenous undead have long captured something of society's …
Dead, White and Blue
The Zombie and American National Identity
Häftad, 2023
502 kr
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Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness. Pop culture critics reveal that these not-quite humans are often proxies for race, and the post-apocalyptic landscapes set the stage …
Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010
Av Peter Dendle
Häftad, 2022
396 kr
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This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. It serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, McFarland 2001), which covered movies from …
Post-Zombie
Essays on the Evolving Undead
Av C Wylie Lenz, Angela Tenga m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
691 kr
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The living dead have come a long way from the shambling corpses depicted by George A. Romero. While traditional zombie monsters continue to flourish--thanks in part to the ongoing popularity of The Walking Dead universe--the global community now features reanimated zombies, resurrected zombies, …
White Zombie
Anatomy of a Horror Film
Häftad, 2006
344 kr
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The 1932 horror film White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi has received controversial attention from film reviewers and scholars--but it is unarguably a cult classic worthy of study. This book analyzes the film text from nearly every possible viewpoint, using both academic and popular film theories. …
