Thinking Dead: What the Zombie Apocalypse Means, edited by Murali Balaji, examines various aspects of the zombie apocalypse scenario from the perspective of a variety of theoretical frameworks. Essays in the collection shed light on why we are so obsessed with the undead. This is a cutting-edge volume for the growing scholarship on media representations of zombies.
Thinking Dead: What the Zombie Apocalypse Means, edited by Murali Balaji, examines various aspects of the zombie apocalypse scenario from the perspective of a variety of theoretical frameworks. Essays in the collection shed light on why we are so obsessed with the undead. This is a cutting-edge volume for the growing scholarship on media representations of zombies.
Murali Balaji is assistant professor of media studies and production at Temple University.
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Table of Contents Introduction - Thinking Dead: Our obsession with the Undead and Its Implications Murali Balaji, Ph.D Part I: Zombies as the Other and Ourselves Chapter 1: Perfect Strangers: The Zombie Imaginary and the Logic of Representation Gordon Coonfield, Ph.D Chapter 2: The Social Dead: How Our Zombie Baggage Threatens to Drag Us into the Crypts of Our Past Angela Cirucci Chapter 3: "Fight the Dead, Fear The Living": Zombie Apocalypse or Libertarian Paradise? Jennifer M. Proffitt, Ph.D Rich Templin, Ph.D Chapter 4: Simulating Zombies in Popular Culture and Media Patrick Hamilton, Ph.D Part II: The Zombie Apocalypse and Social, Technological and Psychological Space Chapter 5: Return to Darkness: Representations of Africa in Resident Evil 5 Hanli Geyser Chapter 6: Same as it ever was: Savior Narratives and the Logics of Survival in The Walking Dead Martina Baldwin Mark McCarthy Chapter 7: The Zombie Monster's Evolution to Empty Undead Signifier Ryan Lizardi, Ph.D Chapter 8: Gothic Monster and Chinese Cultural Identity: Analysis of The Note of Ghoul Meijiadai Bai Chapter 9: Zombies and the Modern American Family: Surviving the Destruction of Traditional Society in Zombieland Cassie Ozog Chapter 10: Leave it all Behind: The post-Apocalyptical Renunciation of Technology in the Walking Dead Alicia Kozma Chapter 11: Space Junk and the Second Event: The Cosmic Meaning of the Zombie Apocalypse Barry Vacker, Ph.D Part III: Eating the Undead: Consumption and Cultural Industries Chapter 12: The Necropolitics of the Apocalypse: Queer Zombies in the Cinema of Bruce LaBruce Arnau Roig Chapter 13: XXXombies: Economies of Desire and Disgust Steve Jones, Ph.D Chapter 14: Teen Movies and Summit Entertainment's Construction of Warm Bodies Cate Buckley Chapter 15: Eating the Dead: AMC's use of Synergy to Cultivate Zombie Consumption Murali Balaji, Ph.D
Table of Contents Introduction - Thinking Dead: Our obsession with the Undead and Its Implications Murali Balaji, Ph.D Part I: Zombies as the Other and Ourselves Chapter 1: Perfect Strangers: The Zombie Imaginary and the Logic of Representation Gordon Coonfield, Ph.D Chapter 2: The Social Dead: How Our Zombie Baggage Threatens to Drag Us into the Crypts of Our Past Angela Cirucci Chapter 3: "Fight the Dead, Fear The Living": Zombie Apocalypse or Libertarian Paradise? Jennifer M. Proffitt, Ph.D Rich Templin, Ph.D Chapter 4: Simulating Zombies in Popular Culture and Media Patrick Hamilton, Ph.D Part II: The Zombie Apocalypse and Social, Technological and Psychological Space Chapter 5: Return to Darkness: Representations of Africa in Resident Evil 5 Hanli Geyser Chapter 6: Same as it ever was: Savior Narratives and the Logics of Survival in The Walking Dead Martina Baldwin Mark McCarthy Chapter 7: The Zombie Monster's Evolution to Empty Undead Signifier Ryan Lizardi, Ph.D Chapter 8: Gothic Monster and Chinese Cultural Identity: Analysis of The Note of Ghoul Meijiadai Bai Chapter 9: Zombies and the Modern American Family: Surviving the Destruction of Traditional Society in Zombieland Cassie Ozog Chapter 10: Leave it all Behind: The post-Apocalyptical Renunciation of Technology in the Walking Dead Alicia Kozma Chapter 11: Space Junk and the Second Event: The Cosmic Meaning of the Zombie Apocalypse Barry Vacker, Ph.D Part III: Eating the Undead: Consumption and Cultural Industries Chapter 12: The Necropolitics of the Apocalypse: Queer Zombies in the Cinema of Bruce LaBruce Arnau Roig Chapter 13: XXXombies: Economies of Desire and Disgust Steve Jones, Ph.D Chapter 14: Teen Movies and Summit Entertainment's Construction of Warm Bodies Cate Buckley Chapter 15: Eating the Dead: AMC's use of Synergy to Cultivate Zombie Consumption Murali Balaji, Ph.D
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